Senate bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-21
Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005
Became law on Jul 9, 2005.
Sponsor: Sen. Gordon Smith R-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 6, 2005
- Committee actionApr 14, 2005
- Passed SenateJun 24, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseJun 28, 2005 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentJun 30, 2005
- Became lawJul 9, 2005
Latest action: Jul 9, 2005 — Became Public Law No: 109-21.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 714.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 714, Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005” on April 19, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 14, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 19, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16470
- CBO publication date
- April 19, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 714, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/714
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
113a43cd833ff60e7323bbece64d9a7bef6ce77fdf19bdff4914c35102f2588e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 714, Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005” on April 19, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 14, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 19, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16470
- CBO publication date
- April 19, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 714, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/714
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
113a43cd833ff60e7323bbece64d9a7bef6ce77fdf19bdff4914c35102f2588e
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. 109-76 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on June 7, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 7, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/76
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 714, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/714
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
113a43cd833ff60e7323bbece64d9a7bef6ce77fdf19bdff4914c35102f2588e
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. 714, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
9 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
George Allen (R-VA), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Susan Collins (R-ME), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Theodore Stevens (R-AK), John Sununu (R-NH).
More from the sponsor
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- S. 166 (109th) Deschutes River Conservancy Reauthorization Act of 2005
- S. 231 (109th) Wallowa Lake Dam Rehabilitation and Water Management Act of 2005
- S. 251 (109th) Little Butte/Bear Creek Subbasins Water Feasibility Act
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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.