Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

Assure Emergency and Interoperable Communications for First Responders Act of 2005

S. 1725Introduced Sep 19, 2005Policy area: Emergency Management

Sponsor: Sen. Joseph Lieberman D-CT

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Where it went

IntroducedSep 19, 2005
Committee actionSep 22, 2005
Passed Senate—
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 29, 2005 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 232.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1725.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1725, Assure Emergency and Interoperable Communications for First Responders Act of 2005” on October 20, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 29, 2005</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 20, 2005 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17404
CBO publication date
October 20, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1725, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1725
Record last updated by Congress.gov
February 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2f7e2217989f53442bc58db4b7323f208d76f28ec52240af60fe44b55f987e4e
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1725, Assure Emergency and Interoperable Communications for First Responders Act of 2005” on October 20, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 29, 2005”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 20, 2005 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17404
CBO publication date
October 20, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1725, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1725
Record last updated by Congress.gov
February 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2f7e2217989f53442bc58db4b7323f208d76f28ec52240af60fe44b55f987e4e
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 February 10, 2026). 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

13 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 8 Democrats

5 of 13 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.

Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Carl Levin (D-MI), John McCain (R-AZ), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), John Warner (R-VA).

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Joseph Lieberman.

Sponsor’s state and district

Connecticut in Congress

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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.