Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans' Choice of Representation and Benefits Enhancement Act of 2006
Sponsor: Sen. Larry Craig R-IDWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 2, 2006
- Committee actionJul 27, 2006
- Passed SenateAug 3, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 2006 — Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2694.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2694, Veterans' Choice of Representation and Benefits Enhancement Act of 2006” on July 19, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 22, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 19, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17978
- CBO publication date
- July 19, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2694, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/2694
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
229c73aa0078847e69d874bd158c22d3442649079ecde9bf3328dc5c592128a2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2694, Veterans' Choice of Representation and Benefits Enhancement Act of 2006” on July 19, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 22, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 19, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17978
- CBO publication date
- July 19, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2694, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/2694
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
229c73aa0078847e69d874bd158c22d3442649079ecde9bf3328dc5c592128a2
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. 109-297 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 27, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 27, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/297
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2694, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/2694
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
229c73aa0078847e69d874bd158c22d3442649079ecde9bf3328dc5c592128a2
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. 2694, 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
5 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 1 independent
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), James Jeffords (I-VT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Larry Craig.
- S. 2562 (109th) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2006
- S. 3421 (109th) Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006
- S. 1131 (109th) Idaho Land Enhancement Act
- S. 1234 (109th) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2005
- S. 1235 (109th) Veterans' Housing Opportunity and Benefits Improvement Act of 2006
- S. 397 (109th) Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act
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.