House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 17, 2005
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 6, 2006 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2963.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2963, Dr. James Allen Disabled Veterans Equity Act” on November 30, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on June 17, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17513
- CBO publication date
- November 30, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2963, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2963
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1093cf58f2bf0bbdba9a119012987b0897eba0921bcb583ccba8ecea62fff9a4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2963, Dr. James Allen Disabled Veterans Equity Act” on November 30, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on June 17, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17513
- CBO publication date
- November 30, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2963, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2963
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1093cf58f2bf0bbdba9a119012987b0897eba0921bcb583ccba8ecea62fff9a4
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 August 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2963, last updated August 15, 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
80 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 60 Democrats, 1 independent
19 of 80 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), John Boozman (R-AR), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Robert Brady (D-PA), Henry Brown (R-SC), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Julia Carson (D-IN), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Lane Evans (D-IL), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Gene Green (D-TX), Mark Green (R-WI), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and 50 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.