Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Community Health Centers program, the National Health Service Corps, and rural health care programs.
Sponsor: Sen. Edward Kennedy D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 15, 2007
- Committee actionNov 14, 2007
- Passed SenateJul 21, 2008 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 22, 2008 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 901.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 901, Health Care Safety Net Act of 2007” on March 11, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on December 18, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 11, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19550
- CBO publication date
- March 11, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 901, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/901
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 901, Health Care Safety Net Act of 2007” on March 11, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on December 18, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 11, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19550
- CBO publication date
- March 11, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 901, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/901
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 110-274 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on December 19, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 19, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/274
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 901, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/901
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.1343, which became Public Law 110-355 on 10/8/2008.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 901, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/901
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 901, 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
74 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 44 Democrats, 2 independents
29 of 74 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Max Baucus (D-MT), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Burr (R-NC), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Bob Casey (D-PA), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Susan Collins (R-ME), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Bob Corker (R-TN), John Cornyn (R-TX), Larry Craig (R-ID), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and 44 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.