Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2005
- Committee actionFeb 9, 2005
- Passed SenateJul 26, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 5, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 285.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 285, Children's Hospitals Educational Equity and Research Act” on April 6, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on February 9, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 6, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16425
- CBO publication date
- April 6, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 285, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/285
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
379400b5d7b15bfe07a0dc4aadef66fa765ea83443589a4c8d589bd673866f10
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 285, Children's Hospitals Educational Equity and Research Act” on April 6, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on February 9, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 6, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16425
- CBO publication date
- April 6, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 285, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/285
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
379400b5d7b15bfe07a0dc4aadef66fa765ea83443589a4c8d589bd673866f10
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. 109-66 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on May 11, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 11, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/66
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 285, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/285
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
379400b5d7b15bfe07a0dc4aadef66fa765ea83443589a4c8d589bd673866f10
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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.5574, which became Public Law 109-307 on 10/6/2006.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 285, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/285
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
379400b5d7b15bfe07a0dc4aadef66fa765ea83443589a4c8d589bd673866f10
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 285, last updated April 21, 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
21 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 21 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
George Allen (R-VA), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Jim Talent (R-MO), George Voinovich (R-OH), John Warner (R-VA).
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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.