Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to extend the authority for drought assistance.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2005
- Committee actionNov 16, 2005
- Passed SenateDec 16, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 20, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 648.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 648, A bill to amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to extend the authority for drought assistance” on December 1, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on November 16, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 1, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17532
- CBO publication date
- December 1, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 648, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/648
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec114ec324a631c24b0a46e2522cfda01fb5eb67b73031a74163aaa9a0246b00
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 648, A bill to amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to extend the authority for drought assistance” on December 1, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on November 16, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 1, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17532
- CBO publication date
- December 1, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 648, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/648
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec114ec324a631c24b0a46e2522cfda01fb5eb67b73031a74163aaa9a0246b00
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. 109-190 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on December 8, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 8, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/190
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 648, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/648
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec114ec324a631c24b0a46e2522cfda01fb5eb67b73031a74163aaa9a0246b00
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 648, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
No cosponsors.
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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.