Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2005
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 18, 2005
- Committee actionNov 2, 2005
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 20, 2005 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 353.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1063.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1063, IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2005” on November 10, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on November 2, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 10, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17464
- CBO publication date
- November 10, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1063, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1063
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
877b4188ea5388c2dbaabe5ecb2133c714d4e1d5bd5e3a76c90b0b4f102f0d39
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1063, IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2005” on November 10, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on November 2, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 10, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17464
- CBO publication date
- November 10, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1063, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1063
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
877b4188ea5388c2dbaabe5ecb2133c714d4e1d5bd5e3a76c90b0b4f102f0d39
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 109-211 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on December 20, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 20, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/211
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1063, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1063
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
877b4188ea5388c2dbaabe5ecb2133c714d4e1d5bd5e3a76c90b0b4f102f0d39
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1063, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Conrad Burns (R-MT), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), John Kerry (D-MA), Olympia Snowe (R-ME).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.