Senate bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Smith River National Recreation Area Expansion Act
Sponsor: Sen. Jeff Merkley D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 10, 2021
- Committee actionJul 21, 2022
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 12, 2022 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1538.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1538, Smith River National Recreation Area Expansion Act” on November 21, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported on July 21, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58809
- CBO publication date
- November 21, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1538, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/1538
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 117-241 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on December 12, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 12, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/SRPT/241
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1538, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/1538
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8116e961f981f04c7faec8fda2c1342112ff30998271b7f9f24e88004ae6f3c9
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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.
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Ron Wyden (D-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Jeff Merkley.
- S. 314 (117th) Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Repeal Act
- S. 1466 (117th) Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Program Act of 2022
- S.Res. 669 (117th) A resolution condemning the use of hunger as a weapon of war and recognizing the effect of conflict on global food security and famine.
- S. 559 (117th) A bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and for other purposes.
- S. 1658 (117th) PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act
- S. 1 (117th) For the People Act of 2021
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.