Senate bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-416
Combating Autism Act of 2006
Became law on Dec 19, 2006.
Sponsor: Sen. Rick Santorum R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 19, 2005
- Committee actionJul 19, 2006
- Passed SenateAug 3, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseDec 6, 2006 · by voice vote
- Resolving differencesDec 7, 2006
- To the PresidentDec 11, 2006
- Became lawDec 19, 2006
Latest action: Dec 19, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-416.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 843.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 843, Combating Autism Act of 2006” on August 3, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on July 19, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 3, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18033
- CBO publication date
- August 3, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 843, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/843
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
36f361cab87847799fb8c6929ab0887608b139434c73c4c1011e5f0ef7c31266
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 843, Combating Autism Act of 2006” on August 3, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on July 19, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 3, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18033
- CBO publication date
- August 3, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 843, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/843
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
36f361cab87847799fb8c6929ab0887608b139434c73c4c1011e5f0ef7c31266
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. 109-318 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on August 3, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 3, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/318
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 843, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/843
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
36f361cab87847799fb8c6929ab0887608b139434c73c4c1011e5f0ef7c31266
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 843, last updated March 9, 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
48 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 26 Democrats, 2 independents
28 of 48 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Richard Burr (R-NC), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Michael Enzi (R-WY), William Frist (R-TN), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), James Jeffords (I-VT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), John Kerry (D-MA) and 18 more.
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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.