House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 2005
- Committee actionApr 13, 2005
- Passed HouseJul 26, 2005 · 410–20
- Passed SenateFeb 9, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 10, 2006 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 22.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 22, Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act” on April 25, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on April 13, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 25, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16464
- CBO publication date
- April 25, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 22, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/22
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
722e6cb44c2666bd792491070bb6be3d919c523654eadec05152a1f7eef5036b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 22, Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act” on April 25, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on April 13, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 25, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16464
- CBO publication date
- April 25, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 22, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/22
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
722e6cb44c2666bd792491070bb6be3d919c523654eadec05152a1f7eef5036b
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. 109-66 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 29, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 29, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/66
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 22, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/22
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.6407, which became Public Law 109-435 on 12/20/2006.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 22, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/22
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
722e6cb44c2666bd792491070bb6be3d919c523654eadec05152a1f7eef5036b
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 22, 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
163 cosponsors — 58 Republicans, 104 Democrats, 1 independent
105 of 163 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Charles Bass (R-NH), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boozman (R-AR), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Lois Capps (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Julia Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI) and 133 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John McHugh.
- H.R. 5501 (109th) Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Act of 2006
- H.R. 4516 (109th) Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission Act of 2005
- H.R. 2813 (109th) To amend title 39, United States Code, to make cigarettes and certain other tobacco products nonmailable.
- H.R. 144 (109th) Rural America Digital Accessibility Act
- H.R. 146 (109th) To establish a grant program to support broadband-based economic development efforts.
- H.R. 145 (109th) To establish a grant program to support cluster-based economic development efforts.
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.