Senate bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit RI-06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI-07 in the State of Rhode Island.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 29, 2011
- Committee actionDec 8, 2011
- Passed SenateFeb 1, 2012 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 2, 2012 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1296.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1296, A bill to revise the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit RI-06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI-07 in the state of Rhode Island” on December 22, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on December 8, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 22, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42812
- CBO publication date
- December 22, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1296, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1296
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
88655dbd8147b2b04eaa6b6983a32ce40a9bfb6ca326a652baf502dbda2596fb
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. 112-138 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on January 26, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 26, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/SRPT/138
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1296, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1296
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
88655dbd8147b2b04eaa6b6983a32ce40a9bfb6ca326a652baf502dbda2596fb
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1296, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) 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.