House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-59

SAFETEA-LU

H.R. 3Introduced Feb 9, 2005Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Became law on Aug 10, 2005.

Sponsor: Rep. Don Young R-AK

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 9, 2005
Committee actionMar 2, 2005
Passed HouseMar 10, 2005 · 417–9
Passed SenateMay 17, 2005 · 89–11
Resolving differencesJun 9, 2005
To the PresidentAug 10, 2005
Became lawAug 10, 2005

Latest action: Aug 10, 2005 — Became Public Law No: 109-59.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users” on March 8, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 7, 2005</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 8, 2005 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16301
CBO publication date
March 8, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 2, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c87e618363d5906b1379780b96aff9ccb68a7ce5f686c0f1d4bdc43307c4f82e
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users” on March 8, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 7, 2005”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 8, 2005 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16301
CBO publication date
March 8, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 2, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c87e618363d5906b1379780b96aff9ccb68a7ce5f686c0f1d4bdc43307c4f82e
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3, Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users” on September 20, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 29, 2005, and signed by the President on August 10, 2005</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 20, 2005 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17173
CBO publication date
September 20, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 2, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c87e618363d5906b1379780b96aff9ccb68a7ce5f686c0f1d4bdc43307c4f82e
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3, Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users” on September 20, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 29, 2005, and signed by the President on August 10, 2005”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 20, 2005 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17173
CBO publication date
September 20, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 2, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c87e618363d5906b1379780b96aff9ccb68a7ce5f686c0f1d4bdc43307c4f82e
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 3 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 109-12 ↗; H. Rept. 109-12,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 109-203 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on March 8, 2005.
Source: Congress.gov, reported March 8, 2005 ↗
Evidence
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committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/12
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/12
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/203
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3
Record last updated by Congress.gov
July 2, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c87e618363d5906b1379780b96aff9ccb68a7ce5f686c0f1d4bdc43307c4f82e
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3, last updated July 2, 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

79 cosponsors — 40 Republicans, 39 Democrats

39 of 79 cosponsors (49%) are from the other party.

Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Richard Baker (R-LA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boozman (R-AR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Julia Carson (D-IN), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Howard Coble (R-NC), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Charles Dent (R-PA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), John Duncan (R-TN), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Bob Filner (D-CA), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), Barney Frank (D-MA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) and 49 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Don Young.

Sponsor’s state and district

Alaska in Congress · AK at-large district

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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.