House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act of 2006
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 20, 2005
- Committee actionJun 14, 2006
- Passed HouseJul 12, 2006 · 255–166
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 13, 2006 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2990.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2990, Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act of 2006” on June 29, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 14, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 29, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17921
- CBO publication date
- June 29, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2990, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2990
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
52b26ce1bd4b5aebeaba27e052de36870b2cd1b85032280d3ffd46dc4aaa4914
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2990, Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act of 2006” on June 29, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 14, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 29, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17921
- CBO publication date
- June 29, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2990, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2990
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
52b26ce1bd4b5aebeaba27e052de36870b2cd1b85032280d3ffd46dc4aaa4914
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. 109-546 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on July 7, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 7, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/546
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2990, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2990
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
52b26ce1bd4b5aebeaba27e052de36870b2cd1b85032280d3ffd46dc4aaa4914
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.3850, which became Public Law 109-291 on 9/29/2006.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
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- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2990, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2990
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
52b26ce1bd4b5aebeaba27e052de36870b2cd1b85032280d3ffd46dc4aaa4914
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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
15 cosponsors — 15 Republicans
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Richard Baker (R-LA), J. Barrett (R-SC), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Michael Castle (R-DE), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Phil English (R-PA), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Mark Foley (R-FL), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Michael Oxley (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
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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.