Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to provide financial assistance for the rehabilitation of the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the development of an exhibit to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 12, 2003
- Committee actionSep 15, 2004
- Passed SenateOct 10, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 19, 2004 — Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1852.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1852, A bill to provide financial assistance for the rehabilitation of the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the development of an exhibit to commemorate the 300th anniversay of Benjamin Franklin” on September 17, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resoources on September 15, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 17, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15999
- CBO publication date
- September 17, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1852, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1852
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
79669390f7f34a93f7b3965e464bb5bc037f033ae2ef40fe1dc75d46625833a7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1852, A bill to provide financial assistance for the rehabilitation of the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the development of an exhibit to commemorate the 300th anniversay of Benjamin Franklin” on September 17, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resoources on September 15, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 17, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15999
- CBO publication date
- September 17, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1852, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1852
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
79669390f7f34a93f7b3965e464bb5bc037f033ae2ef40fe1dc75d46625833a7
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 108-364 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on September 28, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 28, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/364
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1852, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1852
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
79669390f7f34a93f7b3965e464bb5bc037f033ae2ef40fe1dc75d46625833a7
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1852, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.