House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Cox R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 26, 2005
- Committee actionApr 27, 2005
- Passed HouseMay 18, 2005 · 424–4
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 19, 2005 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1817.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1817, Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006” on May 6, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on April 27, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 6, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16501
- CBO publication date
- May 6, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1817, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1817
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
61d813ba6b2bcb5e8a87d1bd18501d7734db9821aa2636ce2ed2b080eb7fb8ff
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1817, Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006” on May 6, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on April 27, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 6, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16501
- CBO publication date
- May 6, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1817, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1817
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
61d813ba6b2bcb5e8a87d1bd18501d7734db9821aa2636ce2ed2b080eb7fb8ff
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1817, Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006” on May 13, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judidiciary on May 12, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16514
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1817, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1817
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
61d813ba6b2bcb5e8a87d1bd18501d7734db9821aa2636ce2ed2b080eb7fb8ff
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1817, Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006” on May 13, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 11, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16515
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1817, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1817
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
61d813ba6b2bcb5e8a87d1bd18501d7734db9821aa2636ce2ed2b080eb7fb8ff
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1817, Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006” on May 13, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judidiciary on May 12, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16514
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1817, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1817
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
61d813ba6b2bcb5e8a87d1bd18501d7734db9821aa2636ce2ed2b080eb7fb8ff
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1817, Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006” on May 13, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 11, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16515
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1817, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1817
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
61d813ba6b2bcb5e8a87d1bd18501d7734db9821aa2636ce2ed2b080eb7fb8ff
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 3 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 109-71,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 109-71,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 109-71,Part 3 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/71
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/71
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/71 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1817, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1817
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
61d813ba6b2bcb5e8a87d1bd18501d7734db9821aa2636ce2ed2b080eb7fb8ff
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.
Sent to: Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Homeland Security Committee, Energy and Commerce CommitteeBills with a CBO estimateBills with a committee reportSee it in the Data Web
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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
No cosponsors.
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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.