Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007
Sponsor: Sen. Frank Lautenberg D-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2007
- Committee actionApr 25, 2007
- Passed SenateOct 30, 2007 · 70–22
- Passed HouseJul 22, 2008 · by voice vote
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2008 — Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill and House requests a conference.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 294.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 294, Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007” on May 17, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 25, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18653
- CBO publication date
- May 17, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 294, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/294
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7788d8422a9e98f525297bc7325e8a6ad3c3490e2da297a33b5bfa8e8abee2ee
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 294, Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007” on May 17, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 25, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18653
- CBO publication date
- May 17, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 294, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/294
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7788d8422a9e98f525297bc7325e8a6ad3c3490e2da297a33b5bfa8e8abee2ee
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. 110-67 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on May 22, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 22, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/67
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 294, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/294
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7788d8422a9e98f525297bc7325e8a6ad3c3490e2da297a33b5bfa8e8abee2ee
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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
41 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 31 Democrats, 1 independent
10 of 41 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Max Baucus (D-MT), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Burr (R-NC), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Bob Casey (D-PA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Chester Lott (R-MS), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), E. Nelson (D-NE), Barack Obama (D-IL), Mark Pryor (D-AR) and 11 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.