A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of all contact lenses as medical devices, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 172.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 172, A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of all contact lenses as medical devices, and for other purposes” on April 15, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on March 9, 2005</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 15, 2005 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16449

  CBO publication date

  April 15, 2005

  Congress.gov bill record

  S. 172, 109th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/172

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 27, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  405d61d3078ce1cee4272a6543a60219690567d4e380904bfe4a1f3efbf60d40

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 172, A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of all contact lenses as medical devices, and for other purposes” on April 15, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on March 9, 2005”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 15, 2005 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16449

  CBO publication date

  April 15, 2005

  Congress.gov bill record

  S. 172, 109th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/172

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 27, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  405d61d3078ce1cee4272a6543a60219690567d4e380904bfe4a1f3efbf60d40

• 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. 109-110 ↗. 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/110

  Congress.gov bill record

  S. 172, 109th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/172

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 27, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  405d61d3078ce1cee4272a6543a60219690567d4e380904bfe4a1f3efbf60d40

  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.

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