Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Paleontological Resources Preservation Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2003
- Committee actionJun 25, 2003
- Passed SenateJul 17, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 24, 2003 — Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 546.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 546, Paleontological Resources Preservation Act” on June 30, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 25, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 30, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14591
- CBO publication date
- June 30, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 546, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/546
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
579e05ee3e0f1f47c503325efcb1719eb8f6d32a9edf8325ae3cc8705b1c5b66
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 546, Paleontological Resources Preservation Act” on June 30, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 25, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 30, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14591
- CBO publication date
- June 30, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 546, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/546
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
579e05ee3e0f1f47c503325efcb1719eb8f6d32a9edf8325ae3cc8705b1c5b66
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. 108-93 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on July 11, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 11, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/93
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 546, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/546
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
579e05ee3e0f1f47c503325efcb1719eb8f6d32a9edf8325ae3cc8705b1c5b66
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 546, 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
8 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Max Baucus (D-MT), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Ron Wyden (D-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Daniel Akaka.
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- S. 589 (108th) Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act of 2003
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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.