Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2005
Sponsor: Sen. Jeff Sessions R-ALWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 15, 2005
- Committee actionApr 21, 2005
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 25, 2005 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 92.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 629.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 629, Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2005” on May 2, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 25, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 2, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16489
- CBO publication date
- May 2, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 629, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/629
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 629, Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Protection Act of 2005” on May 2, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 25, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 2, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16489
- CBO publication date
- May 2, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 629, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/629
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0c2a9b8c7106fc1f21b9a24c555b3ba96dbb5f869b3af2e134886e3f79bcf637
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 629, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 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
7 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Jim Bunning (R-KY), Robert Byrd (D-WV), James DeMint (R-SC), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Jon Kyl (R-AZ).
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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.