Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2006
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 28, 2006
- Committee actionSep 13, 2006
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 13, 2006 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 660.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 3591.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3591, High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2006” on October 5, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on September 13, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 5, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18193
- CBO publication date
- October 5, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3591, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/3591
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2b9e4a75b478c31dc1e046d90c5935691363431dccefef603dd6ef76e2a1bd3b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3591, High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2006” on October 5, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on September 13, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 5, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18193
- CBO publication date
- October 5, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3591, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/3591
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2b9e4a75b478c31dc1e046d90c5935691363431dccefef603dd6ef76e2a1bd3b
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. 109-358 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on November 13, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 13, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/358
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3591, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/3591
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2b9e4a75b478c31dc1e046d90c5935691363431dccefef603dd6ef76e2a1bd3b
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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
11 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 8 Democrats, 1 independent
11 of 11 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Barack Obama (D-IL), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), 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.