House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 13, 2005
- Committee actionMar 9, 2006
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 13, 2006 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 211.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1606.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1606, Online Freedom of Speech Act” on March 10, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on March 9, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 10, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17646
- CBO publication date
- March 10, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1606, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1606
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3dc2a889fb7a15546cf05d0c503b76c94ff375d4180b52ae6497dee7bc3f45cc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1606, Online Freedom of Speech Act” on March 10, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on March 9, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 10, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17646
- CBO publication date
- March 10, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1606, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1606
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3dc2a889fb7a15546cf05d0c503b76c94ff375d4180b52ae6497dee7bc3f45cc
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. 109-389 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on March 13, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 13, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/389
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1606, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1606
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3dc2a889fb7a15546cf05d0c503b76c94ff375d4180b52ae6497dee7bc3f45cc
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1606, last updated April 7, 2025. 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
9 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Rob Bishop (R-UT), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), John Conyers (D-MI), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Mark Kennedy (R-MN), Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO), Ron Paul (R-TX), Tim Ryan (D-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jeb Hensarling.
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- H.R. 2290 (109th) Family Budget Protection Act of 2005
- H.R. 2646 (109th) Right to Fly Act
- H.Con.Res. 373 (109th) Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2007 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels…
- H.R. 5967 (109th) America's Commitment to Veterans Act
- H.R. 5968 (109th) Veterans Community Health Enhancement Act of 2006
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.