House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Servicemembers' Health Insurance Protection Act of 2005
Sponsor: Rep. Stephen Buyer R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 3, 2005
- Committee actionMay 12, 2005
- Passed HouseMay 23, 2005 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 24, 2005 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2046.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2046, Servicemembers' Health Insurance Protection Act of 2005” on May 16, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 11, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 16, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16518
- CBO publication date
- May 16, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2046, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2046
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
901f020bd6dca60b829cef86cad4957033dc00e5a822b958a344bc83ff7be274
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2046, Servicemembers' Health Insurance Protection Act of 2005” on May 16, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 11, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 16, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16518
- CBO publication date
- May 16, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2046, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2046
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
901f020bd6dca60b829cef86cad4957033dc00e5a822b958a344bc83ff7be274
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. 109-88 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 19, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 19, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/88
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2046, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2046
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
901f020bd6dca60b829cef86cad4957033dc00e5a822b958a344bc83ff7be274
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.1235, which became Public Law 109-233 on 6/15/2006.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2046, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2046
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
901f020bd6dca60b829cef86cad4957033dc00e5a822b958a344bc83ff7be274
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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
30 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 16 Democrats, 1 independent
17 of 30 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), John Boozman (R-AR), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Lane Evans (D-IL), Terry Everett (R-AL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Tim Holden (D-PA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Victor Snyder (D-AR), Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Ted Strickland (D-OH), Michael Turner (R-OH), Tom Udall (D-NM), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stephen Buyer.
- H.R. 6342 (109th) Veterans Programs Extension Act of 2006
- H.R. 5835 (109th) Veterans Identity and Credit Security Act of 2006
- H.R. 1220 (109th) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2005
- H.R. 4061 (109th) Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Management Improvement Act of 2005
- H.Res. 361 (109th) Recognizing the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Veterans Administration on July 21, 1930.
- H.Con.Res. 427 (109th) Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Department…
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.