House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2005
Sponsor: Rep. J. Forbes R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2005
- Committee actionApr 13, 2005
- Passed HouseMay 11, 2005 · 279–144
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 12, 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. 1279.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1279, Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2005” on May 5, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 20, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 5, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16498
- CBO publication date
- May 5, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1279, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1279
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f35d39d7d38d4b9a8a4f63d0fcbc9688ef8f527a26992099d15f4a3ffdde1bed
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1279, Gang Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2005” on May 5, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 20, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 5, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16498
- CBO publication date
- May 5, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1279, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1279
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f35d39d7d38d4b9a8a4f63d0fcbc9688ef8f527a26992099d15f4a3ffdde1bed
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. 109-74 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 5, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 5, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/74
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1279, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1279
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f35d39d7d38d4b9a8a4f63d0fcbc9688ef8f527a26992099d15f4a3ffdde1bed
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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
15 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 15 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Thelma Drake (R-VA), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Gene Green (D-TX), Peter King (R-NY), Mark Souder (R-IN), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. J. Forbes.
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- H.R. 1841 (109th) To suspend temporarily the duty on 1(3H)-Isobenzofuranone, 3,3-bis(2-methyl-1-octyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-.
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.