House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-121
Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005
Became law on Dec 1, 2005.
Sponsor: Rep. Earl Blumenauer D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2005
- Committee actionSep 15, 2005
- Passed HouseNov 7, 2005 · 319–34
- Passed SenateNov 16, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 28, 2005
- Became lawDec 1, 2005
Latest action: Dec 1, 2005 — Became Public Law No: 109-121.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1973.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1973, Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005” on September 28, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on September 15, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 28, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17200
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1973, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1973
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
680ae258a01d35c223abe88105045aea4bc22f67caca94ad24f26493e505bdbe
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1973, Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005” on September 28, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on September 15, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 28, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17200
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1973, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1973
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
680ae258a01d35c223abe88105045aea4bc22f67caca94ad24f26493e505bdbe
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. 109-260 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on October 28, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 28, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/260
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1973, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/1973
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
680ae258a01d35c223abe88105045aea4bc22f67caca94ad24f26493e505bdbe
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. 1973, 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
101 cosponsors — 38 Republicans, 62 Democrats, 1 independent
38 of 101 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Brian Baird (D-WA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Charles Bass (R-NH), Howard Berman (D-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Robert Brady (D-PA), Dan Burton (R-IN), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), John Conyers (D-MI), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Susan Davis (D-CA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Charles Dent (R-PA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Lane Evans (D-IL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA) and 71 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 381 (109th) Congratulating Lance Armstrong on his exceptional career upon his victory in the 2005 Tour de France and retiring from professional cycling.
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.