House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-424
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 18, 2005
- Committee actionMay 4, 2005
- Passed HouseDec 6, 2006 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 8, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 11, 2006
- Became lawDec 20, 2006
Latest action: Dec 20, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-424.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1674.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 109-698 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on September 28, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 28, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/698
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1674, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1674
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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 (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1674, 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
25 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 17 Democrats
17 of 25 cosponsors (68%) are from the other party.
Brian Baird (D-WA), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Ed Case (D-HI), Jim Costa (D-CA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Sam Farr (D-CA), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Michael Honda (D-CA), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Brad Miller (D-NC), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), David Reichert (R-WA), H. Saxton (R-NJ), John Schwarz (R-MI), Christopher Shays (R-CT), David Wu (D-OR).
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.