Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2005
- Committee actionFeb 9, 2005
- Passed SenateJul 26, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 8, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 263.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 263, Paleontological Resources Preservation Act” on February 14, 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 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16265
- CBO publication date
- February 14, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 263, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/263
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
78fa00b72c8e9b2292b63b02ef62fa27546093aaeb6aa3c282c8e9e644bf7fab
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 263, Paleontological Resources Preservation Act” on February 14, 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 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16265
- CBO publication date
- February 14, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 263, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/263
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
78fa00b72c8e9b2292b63b02ef62fa27546093aaeb6aa3c282c8e9e644bf7fab
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. 109-36 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on March 11, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 11, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/36
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 263, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/263
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
78fa00b72c8e9b2292b63b02ef62fa27546093aaeb6aa3c282c8e9e644bf7fab
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. 263, 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
8 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Max Baucus (D-MT), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), John McCain (R-AZ), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Ron Wyden (D-OR).
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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.