House concurrent resolution · 109th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate
Expressing the sense of the Congress that States should require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of a potentially visually impaired individual.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 7, 2005
- Committee actionApr 5, 2006
- Passed HouseJul 25, 2006 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 25, 2006 · by unanimous consent
Latest action: Sep 25, 2006 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Con.Res. 235.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H. Con. Res. 235, Expressing the sense of the Congress that states should require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of a potentially visually impaired individua” on April 24, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as orderd reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 5, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 24, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17739
- CBO publication date
- April 24, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 235, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hconres/235
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4162370b9f35b0a5f89921fb4797c87b382d625a7c9e7bda670c90b44fa99f10
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H. Con. Res. 235, Expressing the sense of the Congress that states should require candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of a potentially visually impaired individua” on April 24, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as orderd reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 5, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 24, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17739
- CBO publication date
- April 24, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 235, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hconres/235
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4162370b9f35b0a5f89921fb4797c87b382d625a7c9e7bda670c90b44fa99f10
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 109-513 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 20, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 20, 2006 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/513
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 235, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hconres/235
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4162370b9f35b0a5f89921fb4797c87b382d625a7c9e7bda670c90b44fa99f10
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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
23 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 15 Democrats
8 of 23 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Thomas Allen (D-ME), Richard Baker (R-LA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), John Boozman (R-AR), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Carson (D-IN), Howard Coble (R-NC), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Tim Holden (D-PA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Todd Platts (R-PA), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Victor Snyder (D-AR), Albert Wynn (D-MD).
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Sponsor’s state and district
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