Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam.
Sponsor: Sen. Max Baucus D-MTWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 13, 2006
- Committee actionJul 31, 2006
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 30, 2006 — By Senator Grassley from Committee on Finance filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/04/2006. Report No. 109-321.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 3495.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3495, An act to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam” on August 18, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on July 31, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 18, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18066
- CBO publication date
- August 18, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3495, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/3495
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
69aa99b8eebd67da731b388362d54f549c16a49c1d139a460c608bc7fff9289b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3495, An act to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Vietnam” on August 18, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on July 31, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 18, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18066
- CBO publication date
- August 18, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3495, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/3495
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
69aa99b8eebd67da731b388362d54f549c16a49c1d139a460c608bc7fff9289b
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. 109-321 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Finance Committee on July 31, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 31, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/321
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3495, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/3495
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
69aa99b8eebd67da731b388362d54f549c16a49c1d139a460c608bc7fff9289b
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. 3495, last updated December 5, 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
10 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 2 Democrats
8 of 10 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
Robert Bennett (R-UT), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), John Kerry (D-MA), Richard Lugar (R-IN), John McCain (R-AZ), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Theodore Stevens (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
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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.