Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 8, 2005
- Committee actionSep 8, 2005
- Passed SenateOct 4, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 6, 2005 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1197.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1197, Violence Against Women Act of 2005” on October 3, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 12, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17214
- CBO publication date
- October 3, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1197, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1197
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
da134b7b17d2e78b1116504f2c86bf8a1122a76173c38ae587c214fa15b2b8bc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1197, Violence Against Women Act of 2005” on October 3, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 12, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17214
- CBO publication date
- October 3, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1197, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1197
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
da134b7b17d2e78b1116504f2c86bf8a1122a76173c38ae587c214fa15b2b8bc
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 noteProvisions on international marriage broker activity were enacted in H.R. 3402, the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005. H.R. 3402 became Public Law 109-162 on 1/5/2006.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1197, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1197
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
da134b7b17d2e78b1116504f2c86bf8a1122a76173c38ae587c214fa15b2b8bc
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1197, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 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
58 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 39 Democrats, 2 independents
19 of 58 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Max Baucus (D-MT), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), James Jeffords (I-VT) and 28 more.
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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.