House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-181
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 4, 2005
- Committee actionApr 13, 2005
- Passed HouseMay 23, 2005 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateFeb 15, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesMar 7, 2006
- To the PresidentMar 10, 2006
- Became lawMar 16, 2006
Latest action: Mar 16, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-181.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 32.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 32, Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act” on April 15, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 13, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 15, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16443
- CBO publication date
- April 15, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 32, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/32
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3f25138a9aadf0fae38827126a3fdbb30e83f44653ec9282a3732915aa9cfabe
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 32, Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act” on April 15, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 13, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 15, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16443
- CBO publication date
- April 15, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 32, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/32
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3f25138a9aadf0fae38827126a3fdbb30e83f44653ec9282a3732915aa9cfabe
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. 109-68 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 3, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 3, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/68
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 32, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/32
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3f25138a9aadf0fae38827126a3fdbb30e83f44653ec9282a3732915aa9cfabe
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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
59 cosponsors — 41 Republicans, 18 Democrats
18 of 59 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chris Chocola (R-IN), Howard Coble (R-NC), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Mark Green (R-WI), Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), John Hostettler (R-IN), William Jenkins (R-TN), Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Dale Kildee (D-MI) and 29 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.