Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Water Resources Development Act of 2005
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 6, 2005
- Committee actionApr 13, 2005
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 19, 2006 — See also H.R. 2864.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 728.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 728, Water Resources Development Act of 2005” on May 17, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on April 26, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16524
- CBO publication date
- May 17, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 728, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/728
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2b171339f31d8a6a036353c37007b61b4eb9b366a4a448cc2f9285f83f112f63
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 728, Water Resources Development Act of 2005” on May 17, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on April 26, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16524
- CBO publication date
- May 17, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 728, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/728
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2b171339f31d8a6a036353c37007b61b4eb9b366a4a448cc2f9285f83f112f63
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. 109-61 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on April 26, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 26, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/61
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 728, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/728
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2b171339f31d8a6a036353c37007b61b4eb9b366a4a448cc2f9285f83f112f63
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- Congress.gov noteOn 7/19/2006, the Senate incorporated S. 728 in H.R. 2864. See H.R. 2864 for further action.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
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- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 728, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/728
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2b171339f31d8a6a036353c37007b61b4eb9b366a4a448cc2f9285f83f112f63
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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
19 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 19 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Norm Coleman (R-MN), John Cornyn (R-TX), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Barack Obama (D-IL), Jim Talent (R-MO), John Thune (R-SD), David Vitter (R-LA), George Voinovich (R-OH), John Warner (R-VA).
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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.