Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act
Sponsor: Sen. Paul Sarbanes D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2005
- Committee actionSep 28, 2005
- Passed SenateNov 16, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 2, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 958.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 958, Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act” on October 14, 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 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17386
- CBO publication date
- October 14, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 958, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/958
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 958, Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Act” on October 14, 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 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17386
- CBO publication date
- October 14, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 958, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/958
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cd4eb62964a24a301db82efe453bebdf0f80c9537c2c25477d056a16121db624
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. 109-150 ↗. 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/150
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 958, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/958
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cd4eb62964a24a301db82efe453bebdf0f80c9537c2c25477d056a16121db624
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Paul Sarbanes.
- S. 705 (109th) Meeting the Housing and Service Needs of Seniors Act of 2005
- S. 959 (109th) Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission Act
- S. 777 (109th) Catoctin Mountain National Recreation Area Designation Act
- S. 2568 (109th) Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Designation Act
- S. 1512 (109th) A bill to grant a Federal charter to Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated.
- S.Con.Res. 8 (109th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that there should continue to be parity between the adjustments in the pay of…
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.