Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 18, 2007
- Committee actionJun 20, 2007
- Passed SenateJul 24, 2007 · 95–0
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 15, 2007 — By Senator Kennedy from Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions filed written report. Report No. 110-231.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1642.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1642, Higher Education Amendments of 2007” on November 14, 2007. 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 10, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19325
- CBO publication date
- November 14, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1642, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1642
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
536f261b68f94479e021916870272a50ae9b4538c301e341d7b9b7dbec977794
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1642, Higher Education Amendments of 2007” on November 14, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on July 10, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19325
- CBO publication date
- November 14, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1642, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1642
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
536f261b68f94479e021916870272a50ae9b4538c301e341d7b9b7dbec977794
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. 110-231 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on July 10, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 10, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/231
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1642, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1642
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
536f261b68f94479e021916870272a50ae9b4538c301e341d7b9b7dbec977794
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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.4137, which became Public Law 110-315 on 8/14/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1642, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1642
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
536f261b68f94479e021916870272a50ae9b4538c301e341d7b9b7dbec977794
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1642, last updated April 21, 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
10 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 8 Democrats, 1 independent
1 of 10 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA), Barack Obama (D-IL), John Reed (D-RI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
More from the sponsor
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- S. 1704 (110th) First Higher Education Extension Act of 2007
- S. 1868 (110th) Second Higher Education Extension Act of 2007
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.