Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission Act
Sponsor: Sen. Paul Sarbanes D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2005
- Committee actionDec 16, 2005
- Passed SenateDec 16, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 8, 2006 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 959.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 959, Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission Act” on June 21, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by House Committee on Government Reform on June 8, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 21, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17896
- CBO publication date
- June 21, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 959, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7eac7be22635d2719ee3551c56ff727bc4ac4c7ca4fd7d8a9d25e342fd6d91c4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 959, Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission Act” on June 21, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by House Committee on Government Reform on June 8, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 21, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17896
- CBO publication date
- June 21, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 959, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7eac7be22635d2719ee3551c56ff727bc4ac4c7ca4fd7d8a9d25e342fd6d91c4
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. 959, 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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Carl Levin (D-MI), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), John Warner (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Paul Sarbanes.
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- S. 958 (109th) Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail 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.