House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-227

Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities Act

H.R. 1499Introduced Apr 6, 2005Policy area: Taxation

Became law on May 29, 2006.

Sponsor: Rep. Virginia Foxx R-NC

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 6, 2005
Committee actionNov 15, 2005
Passed HouseMay 23, 2005 · by voice vote
Passed SenateNov 15, 2005 · by unanimous consent
Resolving differencesMay 9, 2006
To the PresidentMay 23, 2006
Became lawMay 29, 2006

Latest action: May 29, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-227.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1499.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1499, Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities Act” on June 2, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 19, 2006,<br /> and signed by the President on May 29, 2006</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2006 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17810
CBO publication date
June 2, 2006
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1499, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1499
Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 9, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1499, Heroes Earned Retirement Opportunities Act” on June 2, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 19, 2006, and signed by the President on May 29, 2006”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2006 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17810
CBO publication date
June 2, 2006
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1499, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1499
Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 9, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
387e7bd29c18df83e9fe5353e3ee2c85448e8b455ed44b03ec3fe310005966c6
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of March 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1499, 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

47 cosponsors — 46 Republicans, 1 Democrat

1 of 47 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.

J. Barrett (R-SC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), John Carter (R-TX), Howard Coble (R-NC), K. Conaway (R-TX), John Culberson (R-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Katherine Harris (R-FL), Robin Hayes (R-NC), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Wally Herger (R-CA), John Hostettler (R-IN), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Bobby Jindal (R-LA), Sam Johnson (R-TX), John Kuhl (R-NY), Ron Lewis (R-KY) and 17 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx.

Sponsor’s state and district

North Carolina in Congress · NC-5 district

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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.