House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-53

Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

H.R. 3045Introduced Jun 23, 2005Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Became law on Aug 2, 2005.

Sponsor: Rep. Tom DeLay R-TX

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Where it went

IntroducedJun 23, 2005
Committee actionJun 30, 2005
Passed HouseJul 28, 2005 · 217–215
Passed SenateJul 28, 2005 · 55–45
To the PresidentJul 29, 2005
Became lawAug 2, 2005

Latest action: Sep 7, 2005 — Committee Hearings Held.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3045.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3045, Dominican Republic-Central America-United States” on July 18, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 30, 2005”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 18, 2005 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16991
CBO publication date
July 18, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3045, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3045
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3ae29fbc8c9f267d481b8b386403132b1a6dd5f0ef9db4f6ca03f771e433ac65
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3045, Dominican Republic-Central America-United States” on July 18, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 30, 2005”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 18, 2005 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16991
CBO publication date
July 18, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3045, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3045
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3ae29fbc8c9f267d481b8b386403132b1a6dd5f0ef9db4f6ca03f771e433ac65
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3045, Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act” on August 10, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 28, 2005, and signed by the President on August 2, 2005”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 10, 2005 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17137
CBO publication date
August 10, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3045, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3045
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3ae29fbc8c9f267d481b8b386403132b1a6dd5f0ef9db4f6ca03f771e433ac65
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3045, Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act” on August 10, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 28, 2005, and signed by the President on August 2, 2005”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 10, 2005 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17137
CBO publication date
August 10, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3045, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3045
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3ae29fbc8c9f267d481b8b386403132b1a6dd5f0ef9db4f6ca03f771e433ac65
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 109-182 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on July 25, 2005.
Source: Congress.gov, reported July 25, 2005 ↗
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Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/182
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3045, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3045
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3ae29fbc8c9f267d481b8b386403132b1a6dd5f0ef9db4f6ca03f771e433ac65
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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

1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat

1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.

William Jefferson (D-LA).

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom DeLay.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-22 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.