House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 12, 2005
- Committee actionJul 20, 2005
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 27, 2005 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 117.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3205.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3205, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005” on July 27, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 20, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 27, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17037
- CBO publication date
- July 27, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3205, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3205
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
99859cdc9d2a69823af7bd1b5c7a8d4542e8c5dc72e1d04545fa929cd39ce14f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3205, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005” on July 27, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 20, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 27, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17037
- CBO publication date
- July 27, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3205, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3205
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
99859cdc9d2a69823af7bd1b5c7a8d4542e8c5dc72e1d04545fa929cd39ce14f
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. 109-197 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 27, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 27, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/197
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3205, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3205
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
99859cdc9d2a69823af7bd1b5c7a8d4542e8c5dc72e1d04545fa929cd39ce14f
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.544, which became Public Law 109-41 on 7/29/2005.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. 3205, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3205
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
99859cdc9d2a69823af7bd1b5c7a8d4542e8c5dc72e1d04545fa929cd39ce14f
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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
18 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 18 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Brian Baird (D-WA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Thelma Drake (R-VA), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Gene Green (D-TX), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Charles Norwood (R-GA), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Fred Upton (R-MI), Greg Walden (R-OR), Henry Waxman (D-CA), Edward Whitfield (R-KY).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Bilirakis.
- H.Res. 169 (109th) Recognizing the importance of sun safety, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1554 (109th) Christopher and Dana Reeve Quality of Life for Persons with Paralysis Act
- H.R. 303 (109th) Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2005
- H.R. 5201 (109th) Health Centers Renewal Act of 2006
- H.R. 896 (109th) Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2005
- H.R. 1366 (109th) Combat-Related Special Compensation Act of 2005
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.