House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 5, 2005
- Committee actionMay 25, 2005
- Passed HouseOct 26, 2005 · 331–90
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 31, 2005 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1461.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1461, Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2005” on June 30, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 25, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 30, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16883
- CBO publication date
- June 30, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1461, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1461
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9b17d3fd9450d985de90b47b22bdf3ee58dfbbec5bcd7fc10fc86e9ee12873b7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1461, Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2005” on June 30, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 25, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 30, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16883
- CBO publication date
- June 30, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1461, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1461
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9b17d3fd9450d985de90b47b22bdf3ee58dfbbec5bcd7fc10fc86e9ee12873b7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1461, Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2005” on July 12, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 25, 2005, with a draft amendment regarding the affordable housing funds provided to CBO on June 24, 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/16958
- CBO publication date
- July 12, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1461, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1461
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9b17d3fd9450d985de90b47b22bdf3ee58dfbbec5bcd7fc10fc86e9ee12873b7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1461, Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2005” on July 12, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 25, 2005, with a draft amendment regarding the affordable housing funds provided to CBO on June 24, 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/16958
- CBO publication date
- July 12, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1461, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1461
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9b17d3fd9450d985de90b47b22bdf3ee58dfbbec5bcd7fc10fc86e9ee12873b7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1461, Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2005” on July 13, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 25, 2005, with a draft amendment regarding the affordable housing funds provided to CBO on July 12, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 13, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16971
- CBO publication date
- July 13, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1461, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1461
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9b17d3fd9450d985de90b47b22bdf3ee58dfbbec5bcd7fc10fc86e9ee12873b7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1461, Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2005” on July 13, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 25, 2005, with a draft amendment regarding the affordable housing funds provided to CBO on July 12, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 13, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16971
- CBO publication date
- July 13, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1461, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1461
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9b17d3fd9450d985de90b47b22bdf3ee58dfbbec5bcd7fc10fc86e9ee12873b7
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. 109-171 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on July 14, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/171
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1461, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1461
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9b17d3fd9450d985de90b47b22bdf3ee58dfbbec5bcd7fc10fc86e9ee12873b7
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
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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
19 cosponsors — 19 Republicans
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), J. Barrett (R-SC), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Paul Ryan (R-WI), Jim Ryun (R-KS), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Rob Simmons (R-CT), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Richard Baker.
- H.R. 804 (109th) To exclude from consideration as income certain payments under the national flood insurance program.
- H.R. 6121 (109th) To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize a program relating to the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 4973 (109th) Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2006
- H.R. 3945 (109th) Hurricane Katrina Financial Services Relief Act of 2005
- H.R. 3895 (109th) Rural Housing Hurricane Relief Act of 2005
- H.R. 3896 (109th) Hurricane Katrina Emergency Relief CDBG Flexibility Act of 2005
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.