House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2021
Sponsor: Rep. John Sarbanes D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 25, 2021
- Committee actionFeb 16, 2022
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 16, 2022 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 414.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3540.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3540, Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2021” on June 27, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 16, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 27, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58259
- CBO publication date
- June 27, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3540, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3540
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-573 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 16, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 16, 2022 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/573
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3540, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3540
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SARBANES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 91, May 25, 2021, Page H2668):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution under the General Welfare ClauseSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 25, 2021 ↗
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- Statement length
- 78 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3540, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3540
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
16 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 15 Democrats
1 of 16 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Elaine Luria (D-VA), A. McEachin (D-VA), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Robert Scott (D-VA), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), David Trone (D-MD), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 9021 (117th) Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act
- H.R. 4064 (117th) Preventing Election Subversion Act of 2021
- H.R. 7897 (117th) PFAS Reference Standards Act
- H.R. 7486 (117th) No Child Left Inside Act of 2022
Related bills
- H.R. 6893 (119th) Chesapeake Bay Watershed Advancement for Training, Education, Restoration, and Science (WATERS) ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.