Senate bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-256

Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Study Act

S. 1227Introduced Jul 24, 2001Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Became law on Oct 29, 2002.

Sponsor: Sen. Charles Schumer D-NY

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Where it went

IntroducedJul 24, 2001
Committee actionJun 5, 2002
Passed SenateAug 1, 2002 · by unanimous consent
Passed HouseOct 16, 2002 · without objection
To the PresidentOct 23, 2002
Became lawOct 29, 2002

Latest action: Oct 29, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-256.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1227.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1227, Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Study Act” on June 13, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 5, 2002</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 13, 2002 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13752
CBO publication date
June 13, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1227, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1227
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1227, Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Study Act” on June 13, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 5, 2002”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 13, 2002 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13752
CBO publication date
June 13, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1227, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1227
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dd2cd0fbcf9f1a1563f855b4c5df3f17aa13f07df7d834945eb54e4cabc812d1
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1227, Niagra Falls National Heritage Area Study Act” on September 17, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 12, 2002</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 17, 2002 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13998
CBO publication date
September 17, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1227, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1227
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1227, Niagra Falls National Heritage Area Study Act” on September 17, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 12, 2002”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 17, 2002 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13998
CBO publication date
September 17, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1227, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1227
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 107-179 ↗; H. Rept. 107-668 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported September 23, 2002 ↗
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committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/179
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/668
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1227, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1227
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 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

1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat

0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Hillary Clinton (D-NY).

More from the sponsor

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Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress

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