Senate bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-462
Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act
Became law on Dec 22, 2006.
Sponsor: Sen. Orrin Hatch R-UTWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 21, 2006
- Committee actionJun 28, 2006
- Passed SenateDec 6, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseDec 9, 2006 · 203–98
- To the PresidentDec 20, 2006
- Became lawDec 22, 2006
Latest action: Dec 22, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-462.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 3546.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3546, Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug and Consumer Protection Act” on September 12, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on September 5, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 12, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18117
- CBO publication date
- September 12, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3546, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/3546
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b0d89a9a71449f85c888c36016eca0da59dffbd2604fc1b8bf67982408bbb70c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3546, Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug and Consumer Protection Act” on September 12, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on September 5, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 12, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18117
- CBO publication date
- September 12, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3546, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/3546
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b0d89a9a71449f85c888c36016eca0da59dffbd2604fc1b8bf67982408bbb70c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3546, Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act” on December 27, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 9, 2006, and signed by the President on December 22, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 27, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18271
- CBO publication date
- December 27, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3546, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/3546
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b0d89a9a71449f85c888c36016eca0da59dffbd2604fc1b8bf67982408bbb70c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3546, Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act” on December 27, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 9, 2006, and signed by the President on December 22, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 27, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18271
- CBO publication date
- December 27, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3546, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/3546
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b0d89a9a71449f85c888c36016eca0da59dffbd2604fc1b8bf67982408bbb70c
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. 109-324 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on September 5, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 5, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/324
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3546, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/3546
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b0d89a9a71449f85c888c36016eca0da59dffbd2604fc1b8bf67982408bbb70c
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 3546, last updated December 6, 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 — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Edward Kennedy (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch.
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- S. 1395 (109th) Controlled Substances Export Reform Act of 2005
- S. 4044 (109th) Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Clarification Act of 2006
- S. 1086 (109th) Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act
- S. 476 (109th) Boy Scouts of America Land Transfer Act of 2006
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.