Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 16, 2005
- Committee actionSep 21, 2006
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 2006 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 394.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 394, OPEN Government Act of 2005” on November 9, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 21, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 9, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18246
- CBO publication date
- November 9, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 394, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/394
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9340dc20c1c48e7b701093a3f6ae1a05101c732b8b80b2435972a91908a665c9
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 394, OPEN Government Act of 2005” on November 9, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 21, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 9, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18246
- CBO publication date
- November 9, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 394, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/394
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9340dc20c1c48e7b701093a3f6ae1a05101c732b8b80b2435972a91908a665c9
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 394, last updated August 10, 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
6 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 6 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), E. Nelson (D-NE).
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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.