House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-442
Lifespan Respite Care Act of 2006
Became law on Dec 21, 2006.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Ferguson R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 12, 2005
- Committee actionSep 20, 2006
- Passed HouseDec 6, 2006 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 8, 2006 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentDec 20, 2006
- Became lawDec 21, 2006
Latest action: Dec 21, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-442.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3248.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3248, Lifespan Respite Care Act of 2005” on September 27, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 20, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18170
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3248, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3248
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e19151bfccdc54ec7e3865c1901f443cc27515e96183ff508598e22548169efc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3248, Lifespan Respite Care Act of 2005” on September 27, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 20, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18170
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3248, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3248
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e19151bfccdc54ec7e3865c1901f443cc27515e96183ff508598e22548169efc
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. 109-716 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 5, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 5, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/716
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3248, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3248
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e19151bfccdc54ec7e3865c1901f443cc27515e96183ff508598e22548169efc
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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
84 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 63 Democrats, 1 independent
64 of 84 cosponsors (76%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Lois Capps (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Harold Ford (D-TN), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Gene Green (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Darlene Hooley (D-OR) and 54 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.