House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 6, 2005
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2005 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1494.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.1496, which became Public Law 109-266 on 8/3/2006.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1494, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1494
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
28 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 10 Democrats
18 of 28 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Richard Baker (R-LA), Charles Bass (R-NH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), John Dingell (D-MI), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Mark Green (R-WI), Robin Hayes (R-NC), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Bobby Jindal (R-LA), Mark Kennedy (R-MN), John Kline (R-MN), Jim Marshall (D-GA), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), John McHugh (R-NY), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Candice Miller (R-MI), C. L. Otter (R-ID), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Adam Putnam (R-FL), Tim Ryan (D-OH), John Schwarz (R-MI), Bart Stupak (D-MI), Mark Udall (D-CO), Curt Weldon (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
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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.