Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Improvement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2005
- Committee actionFeb 9, 2005
- Passed SenateJul 27, 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. 302.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 302, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Improvement Act” on February 14, 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, February 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16267
- CBO publication date
- February 14, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 302, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/302
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 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. 302, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Improvement Act” on February 14, 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, February 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16267
- CBO publication date
- February 14, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 302, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/302
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0cf56be8a15fcffb4000c4ccee2d2955a960f26435d21731c641706379f3b31a
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. 109-75 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on May 26, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 26, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/75
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 302, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/302
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0cf56be8a15fcffb4000c4ccee2d2955a960f26435d21731c641706379f3b31a
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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
5 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat
4 of 5 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Michael Enzi (R-WY), William Frist (R-TN), Judd Gregg (R-NH).
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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.