Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 21, 2005
- Committee actionNov 18, 2005
- Passed SenateNov 18, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 18, 2005 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1462.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.3127, which became Public Law 109-344 on 10/13/2006.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1462, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1462
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of March 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1462, 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 — 10 Republicans, 27 Democrats, 1 independent
28 of 38 cosponsors (74%) are from the other party.
Evan Bayh (D-IN), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Richard Burr (R-NC), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA), Clarence Nelson (D-FL) and 8 more.
More from the sponsor
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- S.Res. 496 (109th) A resolution commending the Kansas City Kansas Community College Debate Team for their National Championship victories.
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.