Senate bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-204

A bill to make available funds included in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program for fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes.

S. 2320Introduced Feb 16, 2006Policy area: Social Welfare

Became law on Mar 20, 2006.

Sponsor: Sen. Olympia Snowe R-ME

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 16, 2006
Committee actionskipped
Passed SenateMar 7, 2006 · by voice vote
Passed HouseMar 16, 2006 · 287–128
To the PresidentMar 17, 2006
Became lawMar 20, 2006

Latest action: Mar 20, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-204.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2320.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2320, A bill to make available funds included in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program for fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes” on March 6, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced in the Senate on February 16, 2006</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 6, 2006 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17633
CBO publication date
March 6, 2006
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2320, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/2320
Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 9, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2320, A bill to make available funds included in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program for fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes” on March 6, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced in the Senate on February 16, 2006”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 6, 2006 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17633
CBO publication date
March 6, 2006
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2320, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/2320
Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 9, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b4d82e0bea22a311df203a3bdb2382e09ca2ccd449d25e954182bea230a0d950
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2320, An act to make available funds included in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program for fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes” on March 29, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on March 16, 2006, and signed by the President on March 20, 2006</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 29, 2006 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17682
CBO publication date
March 29, 2006
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2320, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/2320
Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 9, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b4d82e0bea22a311df203a3bdb2382e09ca2ccd449d25e954182bea230a0d950
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2320, An act to make available funds included in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program for fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes” on March 29, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on March 16, 2006, and signed by the President on March 20, 2006”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 29, 2006 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17682
CBO publication date
March 29, 2006
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2320, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/2320
Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 9, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b4d82e0bea22a311df203a3bdb2382e09ca2ccd449d25e954182bea230a0d950
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of March 9, 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

6 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat

0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Norm Coleman (R-MN), Susan Collins (R-ME), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Rick Santorum (R-PA), Arlen Specter (D-PA), John Sununu (R-NH).

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Sponsor’s state and district

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