House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 25, 2005
- Committee actionFeb 9, 2005
- Passed HouseFeb 16, 2005 · 389–38
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 18, 2005 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 17.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 310.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 310, Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005” on February 14, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 9, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16238
- CBO publication date
- February 14, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 310, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/310
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9811bb4877a1d327fc64c0c96447469a6dfc249257a249b96d13d0ba1d2eec40
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 310, Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005” on February 14, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 9, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16238
- CBO publication date
- February 14, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 310, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/310
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9811bb4877a1d327fc64c0c96447469a6dfc249257a249b96d13d0ba1d2eec40
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. 109-5 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on February 14, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/5
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 310, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/310
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9811bb4877a1d327fc64c0c96447469a6dfc249257a249b96d13d0ba1d2eec40
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.193, which became Public Law 109-235 on 6/15/2006.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 310, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/310
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9811bb4877a1d327fc64c0c96447469a6dfc249257a249b96d13d0ba1d2eec40
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 310, 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
67 cosponsors — 53 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 67 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), J. Barrett (R-SC), Joe Barton (R-TX), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Jo Bonner (R-AL), John Boozman (R-AR), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Dave Camp (R-MI), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), John Culberson (R-TX), Jim Davis (D-FL), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Charles Dent (R-PA), John Dingell (D-MI), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Terry Everett (R-AL), Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), J. Forbes (R-VA), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA) and 37 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.