Senate bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Smith River National Recreation Area Expansion Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2023
- Committee actionMay 17, 2023
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2023 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 121.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 162.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 162, Smith River National Recreation Area Expansion Act” on December 21, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 11, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 21, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59848
- CBO publication date
- December 21, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 162, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/162
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 118-49 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on July 11, 2023.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 11, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/49
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 162, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/162
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
94ba1a5d70479e474d7a14f1cd2e1b9143fdfc5852f97c29c692cf36cdeb4871
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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).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.