House joint resolution · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Withdrawing the approval of the United States from the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization.
Sponsor: Rep. Bernie Sanders I-VTWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 2, 2005
- Committee actionMay 24, 2005
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 9, 2005 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 27.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 27, A joint resolution withdrawing the approval of the United States from the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization” on May 25, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 24, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 25, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16533
- CBO publication date
- May 25, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 27, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hjres/27
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1bd30b5ec63bbdca5e17d773f71702df17983ecb642ba96ffccacf99deb2bb65
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 27, A joint resolution withdrawing the approval of the United States from the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization” on May 25, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 24, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 25, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16533
- CBO publication date
- May 25, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 27, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hjres/27
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1bd30b5ec63bbdca5e17d773f71702df17983ecb642ba96ffccacf99deb2bb65
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: H. Rept. 109-100 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on May 26, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 26, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/100
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 27, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hjres/27
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1bd30b5ec63bbdca5e17d773f71702df17983ecb642ba96ffccacf99deb2bb65
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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
10 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 4 Democrats
6 of 10 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Peter DeFazio (D-OR), John Duncan (R-TN), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), John Hostettler (R-IN), Walter Jones (R-NC), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Ron Paul (R-TX), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Bart Stupak (D-MI), Thomas Tancredo (R-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bernie Sanders.
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- H.R. 3601 (109th) Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2005
- H.R. 4052 (109th) Pension Benefits Protection Act of 2005
- H.R. 728 (109th) To withdraw normal trade relations treatment from the products of the People's Republic of China.
- H.R. 1474 (109th) Federal Aviation Safety Security Act of 2005
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.