House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-304
To complete the codification of title 46, United States Code, "Shipping", as positive law.
Became law on Oct 6, 2006.
Sponsor: Rep. F. Sensenbrenner R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2005
- Committee actionJun 29, 2005
- Passed HouseNov 16, 2005 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 13, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentSep 27, 2006
- Became lawOct 6, 2006
Latest action: Oct 6, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-304.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1442.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1442, A bill to complete the codification of title 46, United States Code, "Shipping," as positive law” on July 12, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 29, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 12, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16968
- CBO publication date
- July 12, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1442, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1442
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3ba96158d30c9769413b01704c8163e9d605c5b7b80f207a85ff5c20abbb4996
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1442, A bill to complete the codification of title 46, United States Code, "Shipping," as positive law” on July 12, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 29, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 12, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16968
- CBO publication date
- July 12, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1442, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1442
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3ba96158d30c9769413b01704c8163e9d605c5b7b80f207a85ff5c20abbb4996
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1442, An act to complete the codification of title 46, United States Code, "Shipping", as positive law” on September 13, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 7, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 13, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18120
- CBO publication date
- September 13, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1442, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1442
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3ba96158d30c9769413b01704c8163e9d605c5b7b80f207a85ff5c20abbb4996
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1442, An act to complete the codification of title 46, United States Code, "Shipping", as positive law” on September 13, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 7, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 13, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18120
- CBO publication date
- September 13, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1442, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1442
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3ba96158d30c9769413b01704c8163e9d605c5b7b80f207a85ff5c20abbb4996
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. 109-170 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 7, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/170
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1442, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1442
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3ba96158d30c9769413b01704c8163e9d605c5b7b80f207a85ff5c20abbb4996
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1442, last updated August 10, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.