Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 18, 2005
- Committee actionJul 20, 2005
- Passed SenateNov 18, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 16, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1418.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1418, Wired for Health Care Quality Act” on July 26, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on July 20, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 26, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17043
- CBO publication date
- July 26, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1418, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1418
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6669b021375eab3db1c35a52e38f12e917faa21ed296aaff9af1063801f4d0e4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1418, Wired for Health Care Quality Act” on July 26, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on July 20, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 26, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17043
- CBO publication date
- July 26, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1418, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1418
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6669b021375eab3db1c35a52e38f12e917faa21ed296aaff9af1063801f4d0e4
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. 109-111 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on July 27, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 27, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/111
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1418, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1418
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6669b021375eab3db1c35a52e38f12e917faa21ed296aaff9af1063801f4d0e4
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1418, last updated March 9, 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
38 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 17 Democrats, 1 independent
18 of 38 cosponsors (47%) are from the other party.
Lamar Alexander (R-TN), George Allen (R-VA), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Richard Burr (R-NC), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Thad Cochran (R-MS), John Cornyn (R-TX), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Ensign (R-NV), William Frist (R-TN), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), James Jeffords (I-VT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Mel Martinez (R-FL), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA), Clarence Nelson (D-FL), Barack Obama (D-IL) and 8 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.