Chisholm Trail and Great Western Trail Studies Act
Latest action · Sep 16, 2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 980.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 29, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Chisholm Trail and Great Western Trail Studies Act - Amends the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct separate studies to consider the designation of the Chisholm Trail and the Great Western Trail for study and potential addition to the National Trails System. Requires the Secretary to identify the point at which such Trails originated south of San Antonio, Texas.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 29, 2007 to Dec 17, 2007; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Oct 29, 2007 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Oct 29, 2007 |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Dec 17, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Oct 29, 2007Markup Sep 11, 2008Reported Sep 16, 2008 |
| National Parks Subcommittee | Hearings Jun 17, 2008 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment. Without written report.
- Sep 16, 2008Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 980.
- Sep 11, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- Jun 17, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-539.
- Oct 29, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Oct 29, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Sep 24, 2008S. 2255, Chisholm Trail and Great Western Trail Studies Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 16, 2008</p>
- Sep 24, 2008S. 2255, Chisholm Trail and Great Western Trail Studies ActCost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 16, 2008
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-539 | CURRENT NATIONAL PARKS LEGISLATION48 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Jun 17, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2849 | Chisholm and Great Western Cattle Trails Act | Related bill | Jun 29, 2007 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to provide for studies of the Chisholm Trail and Great Western Trail to determine whether to add the trails to the National Trails System, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Chisholm Trail and Great Western Trail Studies Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Chisholm Trail and Great Western Trail Studies Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2008Reported to Senate
- Oct 29, 2007Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
