Senate bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-229
A bill to provide for the participation of employees in the judicial branch in the Federal leave transfer program for disasters and emergencies.
Became law on May 31, 2006.
Sponsor: Sen. Susan Collins R-MEWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 20, 2005
- Committee actionSep 22, 2005
- Passed SenateOct 19, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseMay 22, 2006 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentMay 25, 2006
- Became lawMay 31, 2006
Latest action: May 31, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-229.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1736.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1736, A bill to provide for the participation of employees in the judicial branch in the federal leave transfer program for disasters and emergencies” on September 30, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 22, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 30, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17220
- CBO publication date
- September 30, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1736, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1736
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d75b953dc357212f751fee1ea3ff5f0a2b8c9224add310ccdd217e84816058cf
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1736, A bill to provide for the participation of employees in the judicial branch in the federal leave transfer program for disasters and emergencies” on September 30, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 22, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 30, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17220
- CBO publication date
- September 30, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1736, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1736
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d75b953dc357212f751fee1ea3ff5f0a2b8c9224add310ccdd217e84816058cf
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1736, An act to provide for the participation of employees in the judicial branch in the federal leave program for disasters and emergencies” on March 15, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on March 9, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17658
- CBO publication date
- March 15, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1736, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1736
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d75b953dc357212f751fee1ea3ff5f0a2b8c9224add310ccdd217e84816058cf
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1736, An act to provide for the participation of employees in the judicial branch in the federal leave program for disasters and emergencies” on March 15, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on March 9, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17658
- CBO publication date
- March 15, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1736, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1736
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d75b953dc357212f751fee1ea3ff5f0a2b8c9224add310ccdd217e84816058cf
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 109-158 ↗; H. Rept. 109-449 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 2, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/158
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/449 - Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1736, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1736
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d75b953dc357212f751fee1ea3ff5f0a2b8c9224add310ccdd217e84816058cf
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1736, last updated April 7, 2025. 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), David Vitter (R-LA), George Voinovich (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Susan Collins.
- S. 4046 (109th) Iraq Reconstruction Accountability Act of 2006
- S. 2146 (109th) A bill to extend relocation expenses test programs for Federal employees.
- S. 1777 (109th) Katrina Emergency Assistance Act of 2006
- S. 3821 (109th) COMPETE Act of 2006
- S. 501 (109th) National Women's History Museum Act of 2005
- S. 457 (109th) Purchase Card Waste Elimination Act of 2006
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.