House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2005
Sponsor: Rep. Stephen Buyer R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2005
- Committee actionJun 23, 2005
- Passed HouseJul 13, 2005 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 14, 2005 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1220.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1220, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2005” on June 2, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on March 10, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16559
- CBO publication date
- June 2, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1220, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1220
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a75c04c064d3b49e98c578ebc70c3d667ba421c15c998284f064658c8c31b42f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1220, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2005” on June 2, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on March 10, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16559
- CBO publication date
- June 2, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1220, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1220
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a75c04c064d3b49e98c578ebc70c3d667ba421c15c998284f064658c8c31b42f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1220, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2005” on June 29, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 23, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 29, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16877
- CBO publication date
- June 29, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1220, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1220
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a75c04c064d3b49e98c578ebc70c3d667ba421c15c998284f064658c8c31b42f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1220, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2005” on June 29, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 23, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 29, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16877
- CBO publication date
- June 29, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1220, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1220
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a75c04c064d3b49e98c578ebc70c3d667ba421c15c998284f064658c8c31b42f
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. 109-162 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 1, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 1, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/162
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1220, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1220
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a75c04c064d3b49e98c578ebc70c3d667ba421c15c998284f064658c8c31b42f
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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.1234, which became Public Law 109-111 on 11/22/2005.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1220, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1220
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a75c04c064d3b49e98c578ebc70c3d667ba421c15c998284f064658c8c31b42f
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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
27 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 17 Democrats
17 of 27 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.
Richard Baker (R-LA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Lane Evans (D-IL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Tim Holden (D-PA), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), James McGovern (D-MA), John McHugh (R-NY), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), John Salazar (D-CO), Victor Snyder (D-AR), Ted Strickland (D-OH), Tom Udall (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stephen Buyer.
- H.R. 6342 (109th) Veterans Programs Extension Act of 2006
- H.R. 5835 (109th) Veterans Identity and Credit Security Act of 2006
- H.R. 2046 (109th) Servicemembers' Health Insurance Protection Act of 2005
- H.R. 4061 (109th) Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Management Improvement Act of 2005
- H.Res. 361 (109th) Recognizing the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Veterans Administration on July 21, 1930.
- H.Con.Res. 427 (109th) Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Department…
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.