Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
National Ocean Exploration Program Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 5, 2004
- Committee actionJul 22, 2004
- Passed SenateNov 16, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 16, 2004 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2280.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2280, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration” on August 6, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 22, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 6, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15903
- CBO publication date
- August 6, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2280, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2280
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9e15e5c992e11a0bf0888943f1b75b54dc4bbc3adbf29f7add90dbe165bc0505
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2280, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration” on August 6, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 22, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 6, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15903
- CBO publication date
- August 6, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2280, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2280
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9e15e5c992e11a0bf0888943f1b75b54dc4bbc3adbf29f7add90dbe165bc0505
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. 108-400 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on October 11, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 11, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/400
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2280, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2280
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9e15e5c992e11a0bf0888943f1b75b54dc4bbc3adbf29f7add90dbe165bc0505
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2280, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
4 of 4 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
John Breaux (D-LA), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Daniel Inouye (D-HI).
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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.