House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2005
- Committee actionOct 19, 2005
- Passed HouseFeb 28, 2006 · 399–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 1, 2006 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1096.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1096, Act of Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison” on November 4, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 19, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 4, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17447
- CBO publication date
- November 4, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1096, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1096
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fbbdcc3a871f41e8c59081d5fb60bb97bac02f97e72463dc39fdd2ea3a52d0e4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1096, Act of Commemorating the LITE, or Lifetime Innovations of Thomas Edison” on November 4, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 19, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 4, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17447
- CBO publication date
- November 4, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1096, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1096
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fbbdcc3a871f41e8c59081d5fb60bb97bac02f97e72463dc39fdd2ea3a52d0e4
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. 109-286 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 10, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 10, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/286
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1096, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1096
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fbbdcc3a871f41e8c59081d5fb60bb97bac02f97e72463dc39fdd2ea3a52d0e4
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1096, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
6 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 6 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Christopher Smith (R-NJ).
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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.