House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-247
Louis Braille Bicentennial--Braille Literacy Commemorative Coin Act
Became law on Jul 27, 2006.
Sponsor: Rep. Bob Ney R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 13, 2005
- Committee actionJul 12, 2006
- Passed HouseFeb 28, 2006 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 12, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJul 19, 2006
- Became lawJul 27, 2006
Latest action: Jul 27, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-247.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2872.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2872, Louis Braille Bicentennial-Braille Literacy Commemorative Coin Act” on August 2, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 12, 2006, and signed by the President on July 27, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 2, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18027
- CBO publication date
- August 2, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2872, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2872
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b4edcff20287b0efd9f1ec86c030c3bd926ed13304f1703c275033290a2cf93
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2872, Louis Braille Bicentennial-Braille Literacy Commemorative Coin Act” on August 2, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 12, 2006, and signed by the President on July 27, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 2, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18027
- CBO publication date
- August 2, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2872, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2872
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b4edcff20287b0efd9f1ec86c030c3bd926ed13304f1703c275033290a2cf93
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2872, last updated December 6, 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
309 cosponsors — 134 Republicans, 175 Democrats
175 of 309 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Richard Baker (R-LA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Charles Bass (R-NH), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Marion Berry (D-AR), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Jo Bonner (R-AL), John Boozman (R-AR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA) and 279 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bob Ney.
- H.R. 5434 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 40 South Walnut Street in Chillicothe, Ohio, as the "Larry Cox…
- H.R. 4912 (109th) Rural Health Care Capital Access Act of 2006
- H.R. 3669 (109th) National Flood Insurance Program Enhanced Borrowing Authority Act of 2005
- H.R. 3071 (109th) To permit the individuals currently serving as Executive Director, Deputy Executive Directors, and General Counsel of the Office of…
- H.R. 5121 (109th) Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2006
- H.Res. 224 (109th) Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Ninth Congress.
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.