House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-79
To extend by 10 years the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial report program.
Became law on Sep 30, 2005.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 17, 2005
- Committee actionJun 16, 2005
- Passed HouseJul 13, 2005 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 26, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentSep 29, 2005
- Became lawSep 30, 2005
Latest action: Sep 30, 2005 — Became Public Law No: 109-79.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2385.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2385, A bill to extend by 10 years the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial report program” on June 24, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on June 16, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16650
- CBO publication date
- June 24, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2385, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2385
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
06cd48ccc1316c602c22f9b29257792ab8a1caabbd16908be5281c8fca559d2d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2385, A bill to extend by 10 years the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial report program” on June 24, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on June 16, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16650
- CBO publication date
- June 24, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2385, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2385
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
06cd48ccc1316c602c22f9b29257792ab8a1caabbd16908be5281c8fca559d2d
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. 109-164 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 12, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 12, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/164
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2385, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2385
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
06cd48ccc1316c602c22f9b29257792ab8a1caabbd16908be5281c8fca559d2d
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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Thomas Davis (R-VA), Charles Dent (R-PA), Christopher Shays (R-CT).
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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.