House joint resolution · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-39
Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.
Became law on Jul 27, 2005.
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Lantos D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 26, 2005
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJun 21, 2005 · 423–2
- Passed SenateJul 19, 2005 · 97–1
- To the PresidentJul 22, 2005
- Became lawJul 27, 2005
Latest action: Jul 27, 2005 — Became Public Law No: 109-39.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 52.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 52, Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003” on August 21, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 19, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 21, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17112
- CBO publication date
- August 21, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 52, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hjres/52
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
70a891d02c32472bc4b5f9d7a307c25192ccfaa088da79dc0938f16332b2236c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 52, Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003” on August 21, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 19, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 21, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17112
- CBO publication date
- August 21, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 52, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hjres/52
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
70a891d02c32472bc4b5f9d7a307c25192ccfaa088da79dc0938f16332b2236c
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
46 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 31 Democrats, 1 independent
14 of 46 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Howard Berman (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dan Burton (R-IN), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Lane Evans (D-IL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Barney Frank (D-MA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Peter King (R-NY), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Martin Meehan (D-MA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Mike Pence (R-IN), Joseph Pitts (R-PA) and 16 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.