Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Water Infrastructure Financing Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 14, 2005
- Committee actionJul 20, 2005
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 8, 2005 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 304.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1400.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1400, Water Infrastructure Financing Act” on August 9, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 20,2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 9, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17086
- CBO publication date
- August 9, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1400, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1400
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e67dc2481f24fbdfdf8636547b22c8f7de6570adecd14e24f4ca4dbe68d5e3b0
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1400, Water Infrastructure Financing Act” on August 9, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 20,2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 9, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17086
- CBO publication date
- August 9, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1400, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1400
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e67dc2481f24fbdfdf8636547b22c8f7de6570adecd14e24f4ca4dbe68d5e3b0
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. 109-186 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works 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/186
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1400, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1400
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e67dc2481f24fbdfdf8636547b22c8f7de6570adecd14e24f4ca4dbe68d5e3b0
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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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat, 1 independent
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), James Jeffords (I-VT), George Voinovich (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Lincoln Chafee.
- S.Res. 301 (109th) A resolution commemorating the 100th anniversary of the National Audubon Society.
- S. 1017 (109th) Water Resources Research Act Amendments of 2005
- S.Res. 562 (109th) A resolution paying tribute to the Reverend Waitstill Sharp and Martha Sharp for their recognition by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs'…
- S. 757 (109th) Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2006
- S. 1410 (109th) Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Improvement Act of 2005
- S. 1387 (109th) John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Reauthorization Act of 2005
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.