Senate bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-94
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 25, 2005
- Committee actionFeb 9, 2005
- Passed SenateJul 26, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseOct 18, 2005 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentOct 19, 2005
- Became lawOct 26, 2005
Latest action: Oct 26, 2005 — Became Public Law No: 109-94.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 156.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 156, Ojito Wilderness Act” on February 11, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on February 9, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 11, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16241
- CBO publication date
- February 11, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 156, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/156
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4e1f038162b2c4302268888e3c0c2e7643f249b6b03936c4c509948f29c3076c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 156, Ojito Wilderness Act” on February 11, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on February 9, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 11, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16241
- CBO publication date
- February 11, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 156, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/156
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4e1f038162b2c4302268888e3c0c2e7643f249b6b03936c4c509948f29c3076c
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. 109-13 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on February 28, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 28, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/13
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 156, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/156
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4e1f038162b2c4302268888e3c0c2e7643f249b6b03936c4c509948f29c3076c
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 156, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Jesse Bingaman.
- S. 214 (109th) United States-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act
- S. 213 (109th) Rio Arriba County Land Conveyance Act
- S. 229 (109th) Albuquerque Biological Park Title Clarification Act
- S. 47 (109th) Pecos National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2005
- S. 63 (109th) Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area Act
- S. 1575 (109th) Nurse Faculty Education 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.