House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2006
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Goodlatte R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2005
- Committee actionJun 28, 2006
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 24, 2006 — Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 939 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1956 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1956.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1956, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2005” on July 11, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on Judiciary on June 28, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17934
- CBO publication date
- July 11, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1956, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1956
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4df9fb8f321800c7cfff62728d336c89501c7e9721d1107fbc6d9889b08b6d0f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1956, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2005” on July 11, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on Judiciary on June 28, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17934
- CBO publication date
- July 11, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1956, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1956
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4df9fb8f321800c7cfff62728d336c89501c7e9721d1107fbc6d9889b08b6d0f
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. 109-575 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 18, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 18, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/575
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1956, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1956
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4df9fb8f321800c7cfff62728d336c89501c7e9721d1107fbc6d9889b08b6d0f
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. 1956, 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
40 cosponsors — 35 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 40 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), J. Barrett (R-SC), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John Boehner (R-OH), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Henry Brown (R-SC), Eric Cantor (R-VA), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Tom Cole (R-OK), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Thelma Drake (R-VA), Phil English (R-PA), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), William Jenkins (R-TN), Steve King (R-IA), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), Tom Latham (R-IA), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and 10 more.
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.