House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006
Sponsor: Rep. John Hostettler R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 26, 2005
- Committee actionSep 7, 2006
- Passed HouseSep 26, 2006 · 244–173
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 13, 2006 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2679.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2679, Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006” on September 11, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 7, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 11, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18115
- CBO publication date
- September 11, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2679, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2679
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
38ba1fc795a6087f1c8725ca14bcd12be609de58b67a813d562271368d09bc19
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2679, Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006” on September 11, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 7, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 11, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18115
- CBO publication date
- September 11, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2679, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2679
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
38ba1fc795a6087f1c8725ca14bcd12be609de58b67a813d562271368d09bc19
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. 109-657 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 14, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 14, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/657
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2679, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2679
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
38ba1fc795a6087f1c8725ca14bcd12be609de58b67a813d562271368d09bc19
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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
66 cosponsors — 65 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 66 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), J. Barrett (R-SC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Charles Bass (R-NH), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Nathan Deal (R-GA), John Doolittle (R-CA), John Duncan (R-TN), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Katherine Harris (R-FL), Robin Hayes (R-NC), Joel Hefley (R-CO), Wally Herger (R-CA), Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and 36 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Hostettler.
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- H.R. 1100 (109th) Marriage Protection Act of 2005
- H.R. 3409 (109th) Federal Tax Withholding Act of 2005
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- H.R. 4240 (109th) Secure America Act of 2005
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.