House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2005
- Committee actionApr 27, 2005
- Passed HouseMay 24, 2005 · 424–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 26, 2005 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1224.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1224, Business Checking Freedom Act of 2005” on May 10, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on April 27, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16508
- CBO publication date
- May 10, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1224, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1224
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1224, Business Checking Freedom Act of 2005” on May 10, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on April 27, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16508
- CBO publication date
- May 10, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1224, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1224
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
772ed51c28d1826b9876d79c20c9c1ecbb6542015ef05a1d13e7cdb85bdfb599
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. 109-81 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on May 16, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 16, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/81
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1224, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1224
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
772ed51c28d1826b9876d79c20c9c1ecbb6542015ef05a1d13e7cdb85bdfb599
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. 1224, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 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
7 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 7 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
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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.