Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 25, 2005
- Committee actionMar 10, 2005
- Passed SenateJul 1, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 39.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 39, National Ocean Exploration Program Act” on March 15, 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, March 15, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16326
- CBO publication date
- March 15, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 39, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/39
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dcac8ed944a2026b1be9a1b6c3a742fb2596fe59d057c26eea8f37f3584a9f92
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 39, National Ocean Exploration Program Act” on March 15, 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, March 15, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16326
- CBO publication date
- March 15, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 39, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/39
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dcac8ed944a2026b1be9a1b6c3a742fb2596fe59d057c26eea8f37f3584a9f92
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. 109-57 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on April 14, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/57
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 39, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/39
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dcac8ed944a2026b1be9a1b6c3a742fb2596fe59d057c26eea8f37f3584a9f92
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. 39, 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 — 2 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 8 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), John Kerry (D-MA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), John Reed (D-RI), Olympia Snowe (R-ME).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Theodore Stevens.
- S.J.Res. 28 (109th) A joint resolution approving the location of the commemorative work in the District of Columbia honoring former President Dwight D.…
- S. 1275 (109th) A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7172 North Tongass Highway, Ward Cove, Alaska, as the…
- S. 1323 (109th) A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located on Lindbald Avenue, Girdwood, Alaska, as the "Dorothy and…
- S. 2653 (109th) Call Home Act of 2006
- S. 2012 (109th) Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006
- S. 2013 (109th) United States-Russia Polar Bear Conservation and Management 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.