House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 12, 2005
- Committee actionJul 20, 2005
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 16, 2006 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 207.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2355.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2355, Health Care Choice Act of 2005” on September 12, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 20, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 12, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17145
- CBO publication date
- September 12, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2355, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2355
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e54f6581632900ae99558e58bfbd16104ca41c6f6b566a3c82a78ec3134c6b99
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2355, Health Care Choice Act of 2005” on September 12, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 20, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 12, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17145
- CBO publication date
- September 12, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2355, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2355
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e54f6581632900ae99558e58bfbd16104ca41c6f6b566a3c82a78ec3134c6b99
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. 109-378 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on February 16, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 16, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/378
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2355, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2355
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e54f6581632900ae99558e58bfbd16104ca41c6f6b566a3c82a78ec3134c6b99
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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
71 cosponsors — 71 Republicans
0 of 71 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Shelley Capito (R-WV), John Carter (R-TX), Chris Chocola (R-IN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Mark Green (R-WI), Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Wally Herger (R-CA), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), John Hostettler (R-IN), Bob Inglis (R-SC), Ernest Istook (R-OK), Walter Jones (R-NC) and 41 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Shadegg.
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- H.R. 2730 (109th) United States-Israel Energy Cooperation Act
- H.R. 3204 (109th) State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2005
- H.R. 1077 (109th) Realtime Investor Protection Act
- H.R. 4546 (109th) Congressional Pension Accountability Act
- H.R. 5170 (109th) Ethanol Tax Relief Act of 2006
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.