Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2005
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 2005
- Committee actionOct 27, 2005
- Passed SenateNov 16, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 17, 2005 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 485.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 485, National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2005” on October 7, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 28, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 7, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17345
- CBO publication date
- October 7, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 485, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/485
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
932f96e509264a30411702be74a0cb0e7154eb7c26d373fb8fa2f8866935d15d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 485, National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2005” on October 7, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 28, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 7, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17345
- CBO publication date
- October 7, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 485, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/485
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
932f96e509264a30411702be74a0cb0e7154eb7c26d373fb8fa2f8866935d15d
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. 109-161 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on October 27, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 27, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/161
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 485, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/485
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
932f96e509264a30411702be74a0cb0e7154eb7c26d373fb8fa2f8866935d15d
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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
7 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Robert Bennett (R-UT), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Pat Roberts (R-KS), 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.