Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to amend Public Law 97-435 to extend the authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to release certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the United States to Eastern Washington University until December 31, 2009.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 28, 2005
- Committee actionNov 16, 2005
- Passed SenateDec 16, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 22, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1552.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1552, A bill to amend Public Law 97-435 to extend the authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to release certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the United States to” on November 23, 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 23, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17497
- CBO publication date
- November 23, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1552, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1552
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2acff5e2df18bb80e3786f8fff4dc3c2557f990e229de22998a28da2f05c6350
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1552, A bill to amend Public Law 97-435 to extend the authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to release certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the United States to” on November 23, 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 23, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17497
- CBO publication date
- November 23, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1552, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1552
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2acff5e2df18bb80e3786f8fff4dc3c2557f990e229de22998a28da2f05c6350
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. 109-195 ↗. 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/195
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1552, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1552
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2acff5e2df18bb80e3786f8fff4dc3c2557f990e229de22998a28da2f05c6350
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1552, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
No cosponsors.
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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.