House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2005
Sponsor: Rep. Ric Keller R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2005
- Committee actionSep 29, 2005
- Passed HouseDec 8, 2005 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 22, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 22, 2005 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1400.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1400, Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2005” on October 7, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 29, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 7, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17268
- CBO publication date
- October 7, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1400, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1400
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
048014734e9cdbb832f1ae2d635f7b6004f79bb697c32dbe87fcb2b09237fd61
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1400, Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2005” on October 7, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 29, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 7, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17268
- CBO publication date
- October 7, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1400, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1400
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
048014734e9cdbb832f1ae2d635f7b6004f79bb697c32dbe87fcb2b09237fd61
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. 109-250 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 18, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 18, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/250
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1400, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1400
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
048014734e9cdbb832f1ae2d635f7b6004f79bb697c32dbe87fcb2b09237fd61
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1400, last updated March 9, 2026. 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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Howard Coble (R-NC), Mark Green (R-WI), John Kuhl (R-NY), Todd Platts (R-PA), Robert Scott (D-VA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ric Keller.
- H.R. 5603 (109th) Second Higher Education Extension Act of 2006
- H.R. 6138 (109th) Third Higher Education Extension Act of 2006
- H.R. 3169 (109th) Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act
- H.R. 554 (109th) Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act of 2005
- H.Res. 22 (109th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that American small businesses are entitled to a Small Business Bill of Rights.
- H.Res. 808 (109th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of the goals of National One-Stop Month.
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.