Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2008
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2007
- Committee actionJan 30, 2008
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 10, 2008 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 652.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1921.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1921, Civil War battlefield Preservation Act of 2007” on February 29, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on January 30, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 29, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19512
- CBO publication date
- February 29, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1921, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1921
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9eaa0963a278e45a1029a8df1593fc5835b8cd53d7d4e730ec5bd87530b9aece
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1921, Civil War battlefield Preservation Act of 2007” on February 29, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on January 30, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 29, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19512
- CBO publication date
- February 29, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1921, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1921
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9eaa0963a278e45a1029a8df1593fc5835b8cd53d7d4e730ec5bd87530b9aece
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. 110-300 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on April 10, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 10, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/300
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1921, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1921
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9eaa0963a278e45a1029a8df1593fc5835b8cd53d7d4e730ec5bd87530b9aece
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1921, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
32 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 12 Democrats, 1 independent
19 of 32 cosponsors (59%) are from the other party.
Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Bob Corker (R-TN), John Cornyn (R-TX), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Chester Lott (R-MS), Mel Martinez (R-FL), John McCain (R-AZ), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Barack Obama (D-IL), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Richard Shelby (R-AL), David Vitter (R-LA), John Warner (R-VA) and 2 more.
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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.