Senate bill · 119th Congress · Public Law 119-116
Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act
Became law on Sep 25, 2026.
Official title: A bill to provide for standardization, publication, and accessibility of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of Federal waterways, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Ted Cruz R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 26, 2025
- Committee actionMar 12, 2025
- Passed SenateSep 10, 2025 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseSep 14, 2026 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentSep 22, 2026
- Became lawSep 25, 2026
Latest action: Sep 25, 2026 — Became Public Law No: 119-116.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 759.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 759, Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act” on July 10, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 12, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61544
- CBO publication date
- July 10, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 759, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/759
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-40 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on July 16, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/40
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 759, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/759
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 13, 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 independent
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz.
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.