Senate bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Weather Mitigation Research and Development Policy Authorization Act of 2009
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 16, 2009
- Committee actionMay 20, 2009
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2009 — Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 601.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 601, Weather Mitigation Research and Development Policy Authorization Act of 2009” on June 2, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 20, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20739
- CBO publication date
- June 2, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 601, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/601
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
795394187d4bd8e14e98509c6fe4b6a2eaae88be2713d09c3b33e4318e94c47b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 601, Weather Mitigation Research and Development Policy Authorization Act of 2009” on June 2, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 20, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20739
- CBO publication date
- June 2, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 601, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/601
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
795394187d4bd8e14e98509c6fe4b6a2eaae88be2713d09c3b33e4318e94c47b
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. 111-57 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on July 22, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 22, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/SRPT/57
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 601, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/601
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
795394187d4bd8e14e98509c6fe4b6a2eaae88be2713d09c3b33e4318e94c47b
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.