Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Ocean and Coastal Observation System Act of 2005
Sponsor: Sen. Olympia Snowe R-MEWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2005
- Committee actionMar 10, 2005
- Passed SenateJul 1, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 20, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 361.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 361, Ocean and Coastal Observation Systems Act of 2005” on April 8, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 10, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 8, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16426
- CBO publication date
- April 8, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 361, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/361
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5587b8ffd1fd2593060e291c9e3b609e817cb557ed1a6e7ca9ea0ff9973dab29
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 361, Ocean and Coastal Observation Systems Act of 2005” on April 8, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 10, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 8, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16426
- CBO publication date
- April 8, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 361, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/361
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5587b8ffd1fd2593060e291c9e3b609e817cb557ed1a6e7ca9ea0ff9973dab29
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. 109-60 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on April 19, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 19, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/60
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 361, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/361
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5587b8ffd1fd2593060e291c9e3b609e817cb557ed1a6e7ca9ea0ff9973dab29
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 361, 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
5 of 8 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), John Kerry (D-MA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Chester Lott (R-MS), Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Theodore Stevens (R-AK).
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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.