Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and suitability studies of four national historic trails, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 24, 2005
- Committee actionFeb 16, 2005
- Passed SenateJul 26, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 2, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 54.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 54, A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and suitability studies of four national historic trails” on February 23, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on February 16, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 23, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16284
- CBO publication date
- February 23, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 54, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/54
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
53291a0220bfc86ee74b1cc46df21d2ac74fab9660b5214cb62201f9376cf597
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 54, A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and suitability studies of four national historic trails” on February 23, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on February 16, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 23, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16284
- CBO publication date
- February 23, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 54, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/54
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
53291a0220bfc86ee74b1cc46df21d2ac74fab9660b5214cb62201f9376cf597
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. 109-44 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on March 30, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 30, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/44
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 54, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/54
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
53291a0220bfc86ee74b1cc46df21d2ac74fab9660b5214cb62201f9376cf597
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 54, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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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.