Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

Reliable Fuels Act

S. 606Introduced Mar 11, 2005Policy area: Environmental Protection

Sponsor: Sen. John Thune R-SD

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 11, 2005
Committee actionMar 16, 2005
Passed Senate—
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: May 26, 2005 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 116.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 606.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 606, Reliable Fuels Act” on May 23, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on March 16, 2005</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 23, 2005 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16549
CBO publication date
May 23, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
S. 606, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/606
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 606, Reliable Fuels Act” on May 23, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on March 16, 2005”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 23, 2005 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16549
CBO publication date
May 23, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
S. 606, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/606
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 109-74 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on May 26, 2005.
Source: Congress.gov, reported May 26, 2005 ↗
Evidence
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Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/74
Congress.gov bill record
S. 606, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/606
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 13, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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

3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans

0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Christopher Bond (R-MO), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), George Voinovich (R-OH).

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. John Thune.

Sponsor’s state and district

South Dakota in Congress

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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.