Senate bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-291
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 6, 2006
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed SenateSep 22, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseSep 27, 2006 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentSep 28, 2006
- Became lawSep 29, 2006
Latest action: Sep 29, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-291.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 3850.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3850, Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006” on September 1, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on August 2, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 1, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18110
- CBO publication date
- September 1, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3850, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/3850
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
145fe4fb81c36bb9a50977235ea2039a8680f9c26128131a17bcf85ec4282580
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3850, Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006” on September 1, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on August 2, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 1, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18110
- CBO publication date
- September 1, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3850, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/3850
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
145fe4fb81c36bb9a50977235ea2039a8680f9c26128131a17bcf85ec4282580
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. 109-326 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/326
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3850, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/3850
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
145fe4fb81c36bb9a50977235ea2039a8680f9c26128131a17bcf85ec4282580
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. 3850, last updated March 9, 2026. 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Richard Shelby.
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- S. 3589 (109th) Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2006
- S. 907 (109th) Federal Public Transportation Act of 2005
- S.Res. 15 (109th) An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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.