Senate bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-153
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemoration Act of 2005
Became law on Dec 30, 2005.
Sponsor: Sen. Arlen Specter R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2005
- Committee actionOct 19, 2005
- Passed SenateNov 16, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseDec 19, 2005 · without objection
- To the PresidentDec 22, 2005
- Became lawDec 30, 2005
Latest action: Dec 30, 2005 — Became Public Law No: 109-153.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 652.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 652, Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemoration Act of 2005” on October 4, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 28, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 4, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17247
- CBO publication date
- October 4, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 652, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/652
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ca54821c8ba42204cdd6c9383b4b8a5a88ae76aa964d6fb0369cc53fe38e258f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 652, Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemoration Act of 2005” on October 4, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 28, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 4, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17247
- CBO publication date
- October 4, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 652, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/652
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ca54821c8ba42204cdd6c9383b4b8a5a88ae76aa964d6fb0369cc53fe38e258f
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. 109-147 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on October 19, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 19, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/147
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 652, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/652
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ca54821c8ba42204cdd6c9383b4b8a5a88ae76aa964d6fb0369cc53fe38e258f
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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
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.