Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2005
- Committee actionMar 9, 2005
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 31, 2005 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 199.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 525.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 525, Caring for Children Act of 2005” on March 16, 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 March 9, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 16, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16318
- CBO publication date
- March 16, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 525, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/525
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
af056aa0f8e2d01eee9410751b0e85fde6e1cc2bb8cce14f278336c2320c28f4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 525, Caring for Children Act of 2005” on March 16, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on March 9, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 16, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16318
- CBO publication date
- March 16, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 525, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/525
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
af056aa0f8e2d01eee9410751b0e85fde6e1cc2bb8cce14f278336c2320c28f4
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. 109-130 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on August 31, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 31, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/130
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 525, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/525
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
af056aa0f8e2d01eee9410751b0e85fde6e1cc2bb8cce14f278336c2320c28f4
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 525, last updated April 21, 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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Pat Roberts (R-KS).
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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.