Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2005
- Committee actionSep 22, 2005
- Passed SenateOct 27, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 30, 2006 — By Senator Collins from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/04/2006. Report No. 109-320.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 939.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 939, Debris Removal Act of 2005” on October 28, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 22, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 28, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17424
- CBO publication date
- October 28, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 939, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/939
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1984adc07005d1d8cdfe3bab168c1fbc23113511f3c3bbc7d96a0315c9bbf1bd
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 939, Debris Removal Act of 2005” on October 28, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on September 22, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 28, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17424
- CBO publication date
- October 28, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 939, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/939
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1984adc07005d1d8cdfe3bab168c1fbc23113511f3c3bbc7d96a0315c9bbf1bd
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. 109-320 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on September 27, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 27, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/320
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 939, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/939
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1984adc07005d1d8cdfe3bab168c1fbc23113511f3c3bbc7d96a0315c9bbf1bd
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. 939, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
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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.