Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
High Plains Aquifer Hydrogeologic Characterization, Mapping, and Modeling Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 2003
- Committee actionMar 12, 2003
- Passed SenateApr 7, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 30, 2003 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 212.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 212, High Plains Aquifer Hydrogeologic Characterization, Mapping, and Modeling Act” on March 18, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered Reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 12, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 18, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14341
- CBO publication date
- March 18, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 212, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/212
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f5277d46a76c53e4fdab066986dd22439f1ad155c3474f4d6130427a52237d61
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 212, High Plains Aquifer Hydrogeologic Characterization, Mapping, and Modeling Act” on March 18, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered Reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 12, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 18, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14341
- CBO publication date
- March 18, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 212, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/212
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f5277d46a76c53e4fdab066986dd22439f1ad155c3474f4d6130427a52237d61
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. 108-21 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on March 19, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 19, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/21
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 212, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/212
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f5277d46a76c53e4fdab066986dd22439f1ad155c3474f4d6130427a52237d61
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) 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.