Senate bill · 113th Congress · Public Law 113-178
A bill to amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission.
Became law on Sep 26, 2014.
Sponsor: Sen. Ben Cardin D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2013
- Committee actionMay 16, 2013
- Passed SenateJul 9, 2014 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseSep 17, 2014 · 419–0
- To the PresidentSep 19, 2014
- Became lawSep 26, 2014
Latest action: Sep 26, 2014 — Became Public Law No: 113-178.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 476.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 476, a bill to amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission” on May 30, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 16, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 30, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44289
- CBO publication date
- May 30, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 476, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/476
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2212da274fa647b8fa679c5385362514494e3057cb55ecbedc1035ee7526f383
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 476, an act to amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission” on August 7, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 30, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 7, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45636
- CBO publication date
- August 7, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 476, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/476
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2212da274fa647b8fa679c5385362514494e3057cb55ecbedc1035ee7526f383
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 113-64 ↗; H. Rept. 113-589 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/SRPT/64
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/589 - Congress.gov bill record
- S. 476, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/s/476
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2212da274fa647b8fa679c5385362514494e3057cb55ecbedc1035ee7526f383
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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
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.