Senate bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-113
Fair Access Foster Care Act of 2005
Became law on Nov 22, 2005.
Sponsor: Sen. Jim Inhofe R-OKWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 19, 2005
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed SenateOct 19, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseNov 9, 2005 · 408–1
- To the PresidentNov 17, 2005
- Became lawNov 22, 2005
Latest action: Nov 22, 2005 — Became Public Law No: 109-113.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1894.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1894, Fair Access Foster Care Act of 2005” on November 17, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on November 9, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 17, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17477
- CBO publication date
- November 17, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1894, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1894
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
41fb663f0d433789e83c1168b9d03112d5b4b8cefe9231084b44954600c5b7fc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1894, Fair Access Foster Care Act of 2005” on November 17, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on November 9, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 17, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17477
- CBO publication date
- November 17, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1894, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1894
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
41fb663f0d433789e83c1168b9d03112d5b4b8cefe9231084b44954600c5b7fc
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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1894, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Larry Craig (R-ID), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV).
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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.