House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 21, 2005
- Committee actionOct 27, 2005
- Passed HouseNov 9, 2005 · 375–45
- Passed SenateDec 6, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 7, 2006 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1751.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1751, Secure Access to Justice and Court Protection Act of 2005” on November 7, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 27, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 7, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17456
- CBO publication date
- November 7, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1751, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1751
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
49a91c4621fbe12fb8b52d70aa625fe7b5104adbc823bbfc0b390941f92eb6ee
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1751, Secure Access to Justice and Court Protection Act of 2005” on November 7, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 27, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 7, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17456
- CBO publication date
- November 7, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1751, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1751
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
49a91c4621fbe12fb8b52d70aa625fe7b5104adbc823bbfc0b390941f92eb6ee
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. 109-271 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 7, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 7, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/271
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1751, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1751
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
49a91c4621fbe12fb8b52d70aa625fe7b5104adbc823bbfc0b390941f92eb6ee
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1751, last updated August 10, 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
9 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 9 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), K. Conaway (R-TX), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), John Kuhl (R-NY), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Anthony Weiner (D-NY), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
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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.