House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
527 Fairness Act of 2005
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 15, 2005
- Committee actionJun 8, 2005
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 12, 2005 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5643)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1316.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1316, 527 Fairness Act of 2005” on June 17, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on June 8, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 17, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16637
- CBO publication date
- June 17, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1316, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1316
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a90e3f58818484f365e6cf8cc9da23300ef8bc42768bb188282917612f13e913
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1316, 527 Fairness Act of 2005” on June 17, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on June 8, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 17, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16637
- CBO publication date
- June 17, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1316, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1316
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a90e3f58818484f365e6cf8cc9da23300ef8bc42768bb188282917612f13e913
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. 109-146 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on June 22, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 22, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/146
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1316, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1316
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a90e3f58818484f365e6cf8cc9da23300ef8bc42768bb188282917612f13e913
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1316, 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
38 cosponsors — 37 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 38 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Dan Burton (R-IN), Chris Cannon (R-UT), John Carter (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), John Culberson (R-TX), John Doolittle (R-CA), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Wally Herger (R-CA), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Steve King (R-IA), John Kline (R-MN), Ron Lewis (R-KY), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Ron Paul (R-TX), Ted Poe (R-TX), Richard Pombo (R-CA), Tom Price (R-GA), George Radanovich (R-CA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and 8 more.
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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.