House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 24, 2005
- Committee actionJun 8, 2005
- Passed HouseJul 20, 2005 · 351–78
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 22, 2005 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 172.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2601.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2601, Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007” on July 1, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Affairs on June 9, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 1, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16887
- CBO publication date
- July 1, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2601, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2601
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b387cc020c7df0e59bcd8133378bc18a781b507c9b78fbe4af1e7c773af27d3e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2601, Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007” on July 1, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Affairs on June 9, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 1, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16887
- CBO publication date
- July 1, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2601, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2601
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b387cc020c7df0e59bcd8133378bc18a781b507c9b78fbe4af1e7c773af27d3e
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. 109-168 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on July 13, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 13, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/168
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2601, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2601
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b387cc020c7df0e59bcd8133378bc18a781b507c9b78fbe4af1e7c773af27d3e
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.