House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Volunteer Pilot Organization Protection Act of 2006
Sponsor: Rep. Thelma Drake R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 27, 2005
- Committee actionMar 2, 2006
- Passed HouseJul 17, 2006 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 18, 2006 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1871.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1871, Volunteer Pilot Organization Protection Act of 2006” on March 10, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 2, 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/17648
- CBO publication date
- March 10, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1871, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1871
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 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. 1871, Volunteer Pilot Organization Protection Act of 2006” on March 10, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 2, 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/17648
- CBO publication date
- March 10, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1871, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1871
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
eb0dbdd9be0013bdefb7d24142558f039ab97ea9498d4235864bea76d2b89047
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. 109-394 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 16, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 16, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/394
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1871, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1871
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
eb0dbdd9be0013bdefb7d24142558f039ab97ea9498d4235864bea76d2b89047
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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
29 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 29 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chris Chocola (R-IN), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), J. Forbes (R-VA), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Robin Hayes (R-NC), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Mark Kirk (R-IL), John Kuhl (R-NY), Dennis Moore (D-KS), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Tom Price (R-GA), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Cliff Stearns (R-FL), John Tanner (D-TN), Gene Taylor (D-MS), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Mark Udall (D-CO), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thelma Drake.
- H.R. 6080 (109th) Resources Origin and Commodity Knowledge Act
- H.R. 3704 (109th) Protecting America Together Act of 2005
- H.R. 5467 (109th) Veterans Identity Security Act of 2006
- H.R. 5691 (109th) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a Medicare prescription drug special enrollment period in 2006 for all part…
- H.Res. 757 (109th) Commending the Virginia Wesleyan College Marlins men's basketball team for winning the 2006 National Collegiate Athletic Association…
- H.Res. 843 (109th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should seek to achieve complete energy independence by 2015.
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.