House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 5, 2005
- Committee actionMay 18, 2005
- Passed HouseSep 22, 2005 · 231–184
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 25, 2005 — Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 258.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2123.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2123, School Readiness Act of 2005” on June 3, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on May 18, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 3, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16565
- CBO publication date
- June 3, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2123, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2123
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d3107be80a9bd37f113b7512226985dd715ee630dc609142313a8de353b26779
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2123, School Readiness Act of 2005” on June 3, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on May 18, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 3, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16565
- CBO publication date
- June 3, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2123, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2123
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d3107be80a9bd37f113b7512226985dd715ee630dc609142313a8de353b26779
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. 109-136 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on June 16, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 16, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/136
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2123, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2123
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d3107be80a9bd37f113b7512226985dd715ee630dc609142313a8de353b26779
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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
19 cosponsors — 19 Republicans
0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
John Boehner (R-OH), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Bob Inglis (R-SC), John Kuhl (R-NY), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Anne Northup (R-KY), Tom Osborne (R-NE), Adam Putnam (R-FL), Ralph Regula (R-OH), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Mark Souder (R-IN), John Sullivan (R-OK), Lee Terry (R-NE), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
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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.