House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 2005
- Committee actionMar 9, 2005
- Passed HouseMay 23, 2005 · 393–4
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 24, 2005 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 29.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 29, SPY Act” on March 15, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 9, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16321
- CBO publication date
- March 15, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 29, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/29
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1d239ac78cffc851859774c0da239139a906abbc4ab53b8a15650df8561e2772
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 29, SPY Act” on March 15, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 9, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16321
- CBO publication date
- March 15, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 29, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/29
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1d239ac78cffc851859774c0da239139a906abbc4ab53b8a15650df8561e2772
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. 109-32 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 12, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 12, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/32
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 29, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/29
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1d239ac78cffc851859774c0da239139a906abbc4ab53b8a15650df8561e2772
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 29, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
61 cosponsors — 33 Republicans, 28 Democrats
28 of 61 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rick Boucher (D-VA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Susan Davis (D-CA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), John Doolittle (R-CA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), John Duncan (R-TN), Chet Edwards (D-TX), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Gene Green (D-TX), Ralph Hall (R-TX), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Jay Inslee (D-WA) and 31 more.
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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.