Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Meeting the Housing and Service Needs of Seniors Act of 2005
Sponsor: Sen. Paul Sarbanes D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 5, 2005
- Committee actionJul 28, 2005
- Passed SenateNov 17, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 18, 2005 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 705.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 705, Meeting the Housing and Service Needs of Seniors Act of 2005” on August 5, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on July 28, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 5, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17095
- CBO publication date
- August 5, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 705, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/705
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e244252a812b30b4db867cb66cfd421d7e1d4f83e63f2043e17e803417344713
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 705, Meeting the Housing and Service Needs of Seniors Act of 2005” on August 5, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on July 28, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 5, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17095
- CBO publication date
- August 5, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 705, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/705
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e244252a812b30b4db867cb66cfd421d7e1d4f83e63f2043e17e803417344713
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. 109-178 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on November 15, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 15, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/178
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 705, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/705
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e244252a812b30b4db867cb66cfd421d7e1d4f83e63f2043e17e803417344713
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 705, last updated April 7, 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
8 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
A. Allard (R-CO), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Mel Martinez (R-FL), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), John Reed (D-RI), Rick Santorum (R-PA), Charles Schumer (D-NY).
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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.