Senate bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-156
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act
Became law on Dec 30, 2005.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2005
- Committee actionNov 16, 2005
- Passed SenateDec 16, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseDec 19, 2005 · without objection
- To the PresidentDec 22, 2005
- Became lawDec 30, 2005
Latest action: Dec 30, 2005 — Became Public Law No: 109-156.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1310.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1310, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Natural Gas Pipeline Enlargement Act” on November 22, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on November 16, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 22, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17495
- CBO publication date
- November 22, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1310, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1310
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8d68878c9daa60d481305fdd3af6a00a97f8ebed7fa5401a39c6e5cd63df21a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1310, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Natural Gas Pipeline Enlargement Act” on November 22, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on November 16, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 22, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17495
- CBO publication date
- November 22, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1310, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1310
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8d68878c9daa60d481305fdd3af6a00a97f8ebed7fa5401a39c6e5cd63df21a
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. 109-194 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on December 8, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 8, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/194
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1310, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1310
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8d68878c9daa60d481305fdd3af6a00a97f8ebed7fa5401a39c6e5cd63df21a
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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.
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