Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Tribal Colleges and Universities Faculty Loan Forgiveness Act
Sponsor: Sen. Kent Conrad D-NDWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 6, 2005
- Committee actionJun 29, 2005
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 12, 2005 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 323.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 731.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 731, Tribal Colleges and Universities Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act” on August 12, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on June 29, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 12, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17097
- CBO publication date
- August 12, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 731, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/731
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
117cf6f3fe1233bc861668a900f942dadfbf1f2276ae2dbd523c7ca0c0556118
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 731, Tribal Colleges and Universities Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act” on August 12, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on June 29, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 12, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17097
- CBO publication date
- August 12, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 731, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/731
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
117cf6f3fe1233bc861668a900f942dadfbf1f2276ae2dbd523c7ca0c0556118
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. 109-205 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on December 12, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 12, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/205
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 731, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/731
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
117cf6f3fe1233bc861668a900f942dadfbf1f2276ae2dbd523c7ca0c0556118
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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 — 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats
4 of 9 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), John McCain (R-AZ), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), John Thune (R-SD).
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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.