Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2005
- Committee actionMar 10, 2005
- Passed SenateJul 1, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2005 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 268.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 268, Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2005” on March 15, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 10, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16324
- CBO publication date
- March 15, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 268, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/268
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
792636f2f9172b594e2b362dc7f80e9297d451c3ebfa1648712614b3372c266c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 268, Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2005” on March 15, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 10, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16324
- CBO publication date
- March 15, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 268, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/268
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
792636f2f9172b594e2b362dc7f80e9297d451c3ebfa1648712614b3372c266c
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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 109-93 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on June 27, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 27, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/93
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 268, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/268
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
792636f2f9172b594e2b362dc7f80e9297d451c3ebfa1648712614b3372c266c
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 268, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
28 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 17 Democrats, 2 independents
10 of 28 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Evan Bayh (D-IN), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), James Jeffords (I-VT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Chester Lott (R-MS), Richard Lugar (R-IN), Clarence Nelson (D-FL), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Ron Wyden (D-OR).
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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.