Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
National Women's History Museum Act of 2005
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2005
- Committee actionApr 13, 2005
- Passed SenateJul 29, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 7, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 501.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 501, National Women's History Museum Act of 2005” on April 20, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 13, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 20, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16469
- CBO publication date
- April 20, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 501, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/501
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
aae8a3109584c593f515df67ca7e33433301d4545ca9a5aa30c7c75906e521fa
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 501, National Women's History Museum Act of 2005” on April 20, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 13, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 20, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16469
- CBO publication date
- April 20, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 501, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/501
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
aae8a3109584c593f515df67ca7e33433301d4545ca9a5aa30c7c75906e521fa
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. 109-104 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 18, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 18, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/104
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 501, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/501
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
aae8a3109584c593f515df67ca7e33433301d4545ca9a5aa30c7c75906e521fa
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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
23 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 16 Democrats
15 of 23 cosponsors (65%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Patty Murray (D-WA), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Arlen Specter (D-PA), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), George Voinovich (R-OH).
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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.