Senate bill · 117th Congress · Public Law 117-123
Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park Expansion and Redesignation Act
Became law on May 12, 2022.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2021
- Committee actionNov 18, 2021
- Passed SenateApr 6, 2022 · by voice vote
- Passed HouseApr 26, 2022 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentMay 9, 2022
- Became lawMay 12, 2022
Latest action: May 12, 2022 — Became Public Law No: 117-123.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 270.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 270, Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site Expansion Act” on March 15, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 2, 2022”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57932
- CBO publication date
- March 15, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 270, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/270
- 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. 117-87 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on March 2, 2022.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 2, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/SRPT/87
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 270, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/270
- 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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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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Thomas Carper (D-DE), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Timothy Kaine (D-VA), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Tim Scott (R-SC), Mark Warner (D-VA).
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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.