House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 15, 2005
- Committee actionSep 29, 2005
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 17, 2006 — House Committee on Armed Services Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 8, 2006.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1317.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1317, Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act” on October 18, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on September 29, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 18, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17391
- CBO publication date
- October 18, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1317, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1317
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
69ade57fa93edce0cd1539c8094ec50ab05f8a361e50077c6a23f00b90de5917
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1317, Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act” on October 18, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on September 29, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 18, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17391
- CBO publication date
- October 18, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1317, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1317
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
69ade57fa93edce0cd1539c8094ec50ab05f8a361e50077c6a23f00b90de5917
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. 109-544 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on June 29, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 29, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/544
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1317, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1317
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
69ade57fa93edce0cd1539c8094ec50ab05f8a361e50077c6a23f00b90de5917
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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
22 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 17 Democrats
17 of 22 cosponsors (77%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Ray LaHood (R-IL), Edward Markey (D-MA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Ron Paul (R-TX), David Price (D-NC), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Rob Simmons (R-CT), Adam Smith (D-WA), Pete Stark (D-CA), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Henry Waxman (D-CA), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Todd Platts.
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- H.Res. 276 (109th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
- H.R. 960 (109th) Federal Law Enforcement Pension Adjustment Equity Act of 2005
- H.R. 185 (109th) Program Assessment and Results Act
- H.J.Res. 67 (109th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to authorize the line item veto.
- H.R. 4494 (109th) To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
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.