House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Children's Hospitals Education Equity and Research (CHEER) Act of 2005
Sponsor: Rep. Nancy Johnson R-CTWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2005
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 22, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1246.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.5574, which became Public Law 109-307 on 10/6/2006.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1246, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1246
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 15, 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
170 cosponsors — 64 Republicans, 106 Democrats
106 of 170 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Howard Berman (D-CA), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), John Boehner (R-OH), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Robert Brady (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Julia Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Michael Castle (R-DE) and 140 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nancy Johnson.
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- H.R. 938 (109th) Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Act
- H.R. 5311 (109th) Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Act
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- H.R. 1736 (109th) Investment in America Act of 2005
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.