Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Monterey Bay National Heritage Area Study Act
Official title: A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain land in California as the Monterey Bay National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Alex Padilla D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 18, 2025
- Committee actionJul 29, 2026
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2026 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 646.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 3194.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3194, Monterey Bay National Heritage Area Study Act” on September 22, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 17, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62782
- CBO publication date
- September 22, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3194, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/3194
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 2, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 3, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- S. 748 (119th) A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes.
- S.Res. 739 (119th) A resolution honoring the life and legacy of John Seymour, the late Senator for the State of California.
- S.Res. 823 (119th) A resolution designating the week of August 2 through August 8, 2026, as "National Farmers Market Week".
- S.Res. 349 (119th) A resolution designating the week of August 3 through August 9, 2025, as "National Farmers Market Week".
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