Senate bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-456
Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006
Became law on Dec 22, 2006.
Sponsor: Sen. Barack Obama D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 16, 2005
- Committee actionMay 23, 2006
- Passed SenateJun 29, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseDec 6, 2006 · by voice vote
- Resolving differencesDec 9, 2006
- To the PresidentDec 20, 2006
- Became lawDec 22, 2006
Latest action: Dec 22, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-456.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2125.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2125, Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2005” on June 27, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on May 23, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 27, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17907
- CBO publication date
- June 27, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2125, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/2125
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5213a0f39419fce0a53afad802233d7c8c596573aee15dd1e2c84f485da3b4c7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2125, Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2005” on June 27, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on May 23, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 27, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17907
- CBO publication date
- June 27, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2125, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/2125
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5213a0f39419fce0a53afad802233d7c8c596573aee15dd1e2c84f485da3b4c7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2125, Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006” on September 19, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as amended by the House Committee on International Relations on September 13, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18136
- CBO publication date
- September 19, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2125, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/2125
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5213a0f39419fce0a53afad802233d7c8c596573aee15dd1e2c84f485da3b4c7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2125, Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006” on September 19, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as amended by the House Committee on International Relations on September 13, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18136
- CBO publication date
- September 19, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2125, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/2125
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5213a0f39419fce0a53afad802233d7c8c596573aee15dd1e2c84f485da3b4c7
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 March 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2125, 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
12 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 7 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 12 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Sam Brownback (R-KS), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD).
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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.