Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act
Sponsor: Sen. Jeff Merkley D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 21, 2017
- Committee actionMar 29, 2017
- Passed SenateNov 29, 2017 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 3, 2018 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 825.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 669.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 669, Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act” on July 7, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on March 29, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 7, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52872
- CBO publication date
- July 7, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 669, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/669
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e24e7158a616f15a72172198b2391a1f350b3ef9241dd720ab8be0fc732ac11c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 669, Columbia River In-Lieu and Treaty Fishing Access Sites Improvement Act” on November 30, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 15, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54853
- CBO publication date
- November 30, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 669, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/669
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e24e7158a616f15a72172198b2391a1f350b3ef9241dd720ab8be0fc732ac11c
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: H. Rept. 115-1059 ↗; S. Rept. 115-143 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 3, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/1059
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/143 - Congress.gov bill record
- S. 669, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/669
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 10, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e24e7158a616f15a72172198b2391a1f350b3ef9241dd720ab8be0fc732ac11c
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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.