House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Multidistrict Litigation Restoration Act of 2005
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 2, 2005
- Committee actionMar 9, 2005
- Passed HouseApr 19, 2005 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 20, 2005 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1038.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1038, Multidistrict Litigation Restoration Act of 2005” on March 11, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 9, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 11, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16311
- CBO publication date
- March 11, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1038, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1038
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
30366090b255002cb2733d391c4648fde798d98a49907122b2fac0f40cdecaea
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1038, Multidistrict Litigation Restoration Act of 2005” on March 11, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 9, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 11, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16311
- CBO publication date
- March 11, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1038, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1038
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
30366090b255002cb2733d391c4648fde798d98a49907122b2fac0f40cdecaea
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. 109-24 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 17, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 17, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/24
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1038, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1038
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
30366090b255002cb2733d391c4648fde798d98a49907122b2fac0f40cdecaea
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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
No cosponsors.
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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.