Senate bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-270

Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006

S. 250Introduced Feb 1, 2005Policy area: Labor and Employment

Became law on Aug 12, 2006.

Sponsor: Sen. Michael Enzi R-WY

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 1, 2005
Committee actionMar 9, 2005
Passed SenateMar 10, 2005 · 99–0
Passed HouseJul 12, 2006 · without objection
Resolving differencesJul 20, 2006
To the PresidentAug 2, 2006
Became lawAug 12, 2006

Latest action: Aug 12, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-270.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 250.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 250, Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2005” on March 17, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on March 10, 2005</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 17, 2005 ↗
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16316
CBO publication date
March 17, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
S. 250, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/250
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 250, Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2005” on March 17, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on March 10, 2005”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 17, 2005 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16316
CBO publication date
March 17, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
S. 250, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/250
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 109-65 ↗; H. Rept. 109-597 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on March 9, 2005.
Source: Congress.gov, reported March 9, 2005 ↗
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/65
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/597
Congress.gov bill record
S. 250, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/250
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
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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

19 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 9 Democrats, 1 independent

10 of 19 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.

Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), James Jeffords (I-VT), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA), John Reed (D-RI), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Jim Talent (R-MO), Craig Thomas (R-WY), David Vitter (R-LA).

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Sponsor’s state and district

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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.