Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 3, 2006
- Committee actionSep 27, 2006
- Passed SenateSep 27, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 28, 2006 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2491.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2491, Byron Nelson Congressional Gold Medal Act” on September 27, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on April 3, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18171
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2491, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/2491
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
425c7eaf48dd30886dde339aab3effea34e5068a797772f68e278e583659096f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2491, Byron Nelson Congressional Gold Medal Act” on September 27, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on April 3, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18171
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2491, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/2491
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
425c7eaf48dd30886dde339aab3effea34e5068a797772f68e278e583659096f
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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.4902, which became Public Law 109-357 on 10/16/2006.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2491, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/2491
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
425c7eaf48dd30886dde339aab3effea34e5068a797772f68e278e583659096f
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2491, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 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
70 cosponsors — 44 Republicans, 24 Democrats, 2 independents
26 of 70 cosponsors (37%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), George Allen (R-VA), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Richard Burr (R-NC), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Susan Collins (R-ME), Larry Craig (R-ID), Mark Dayton (D-MN), James DeMint (R-SC), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and 40 more.
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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.