Senate bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-210
A bill to waive the passport fees for a relative of a deceased member of the Armed Forces proceeding abroad to visit the grave of such member or to attend a funeral or memorial service for such member.
Became law on Mar 24, 2006.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 7, 2005
- Committee actionNov 1, 2005
- Passed SenateDec 22, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseMar 14, 2006 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentMar 16, 2006
- Became lawMar 24, 2006
Latest action: Mar 24, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-210.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1184.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1184, A bill to waive the passport fees for a relative of a deceased member of the Armed Forces proceeding abroad to visit the grave of such member or to attend a funeral or memorial service for such member” on November 9, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on November 4, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 9, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17451
- CBO publication date
- November 9, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1184, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1184
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c0e5d3978fc15300a0339a6a896d9ffeaa864f64cc8bfb0615998655c86ddbc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1184, A bill to waive the passport fees for a relative of a deceased member of the Armed Forces proceeding abroad to visit the grave of such member or to attend a funeral or memorial service for such member” on November 9, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on November 4, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 9, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17451
- CBO publication date
- November 9, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1184, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1184
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c0e5d3978fc15300a0339a6a896d9ffeaa864f64cc8bfb0615998655c86ddbc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1184, An act to waive the passport fees for a relative of a deceased member of the Armed Forces proceeding abroad to visit the grave of such member or to attend a funeral or memorial service for such member” on March 20, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on March 14, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 20, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17668
- CBO publication date
- March 20, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1184, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1184
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c0e5d3978fc15300a0339a6a896d9ffeaa864f64cc8bfb0615998655c86ddbc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1184, An act to waive the passport fees for a relative of a deceased member of the Armed Forces proceeding abroad to visit the grave of such member or to attend a funeral or memorial service for such member” on March 20, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on March 14, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 20, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17668
- CBO publication date
- March 20, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1184, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1184
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c0e5d3978fc15300a0339a6a896d9ffeaa864f64cc8bfb0615998655c86ddbc
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
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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.