House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Small Business Act to expand and improve the assistance provided by Small Business Development Centers to Indian tribe members, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians.
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Udall D-NMWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 17, 2005
- Committee actionJul 14, 2005
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2005 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 119.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2981.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2981, A bill to amend the Small Business Act to expand and improve the assistance provided by the Small Business Development Centers to Indian Tribe Members, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians” on July 20, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on July 14, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17011
- CBO publication date
- July 20, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2981, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2981
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6b3f781698b3914cdd3a9bc79482c27671f433f2878421f66aa9aec7280d7edd
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2981, A bill to amend the Small Business Act to expand and improve the assistance provided by the Small Business Development Centers to Indian Tribe Members, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians” on July 20, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on July 14, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17011
- CBO publication date
- July 20, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2981, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2981
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6b3f781698b3914cdd3a9bc79482c27671f433f2878421f66aa9aec7280d7edd
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. 109-206 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on July 29, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 29, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/206
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2981, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2981
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6b3f781698b3914cdd3a9bc79482c27671f433f2878421f66aa9aec7280d7edd
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2981, last updated April 7, 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
21 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 17 Democrats
4 of 21 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Ed Case (D-HI), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Michael Honda (D-CA), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), James Moran (D-VA), James Oberstar (D-MN), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Rick Renzi (R-AZ), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Mark Udall (D-CO), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Con.Res. 34 (109th) Honoring the life and contributions of Yogi Bhajan, a leader of Sikhs, and expressing condolences to the Sikh community on his passing.
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- H.R. 362 (109th) Ojito Wilderness Act
- H.R. 601 (109th) Native American Veterans Cemetery 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.