House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-162
Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005
Became law on Jan 5, 2006.
Sponsor: Rep. F. Sensenbrenner R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 2005
- Committee actionJul 27, 2005
- Passed HouseSep 28, 2005 · 415–4
- Passed SenateDec 16, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesDec 17, 2005
- To the PresidentJan 3, 2006
- Became lawJan 5, 2006
Latest action: Jan 5, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-162.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3402.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3402, Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 through 2009” on September 16, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 27, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 16, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17169
- CBO publication date
- September 16, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3402, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3402
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9abee43c703c43c0ddca10dfd0d6bed499a8ba0c45ad5e82b8090f0f6652f796
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3402, Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 through 2009” on September 16, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 27, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 16, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17169
- CBO publication date
- September 16, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3402, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3402
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9abee43c703c43c0ddca10dfd0d6bed499a8ba0c45ad5e82b8090f0f6652f796
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. 109-233 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 22, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 22, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/233
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3402, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3402
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9abee43c703c43c0ddca10dfd0d6bed499a8ba0c45ad5e82b8090f0f6652f796
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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
19 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 19 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Howard Coble (R-NC), John Conyers (D-MI), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Mark Green (R-WI), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ted Poe (R-TX), Deborah Pryce (R-OH), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Robert Scott (D-VA), Hilda Solis (D-CA), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Anthony Weiner (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. F. Sensenbrenner.
- H.R. 9 (109th) Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006
- H.R. 1442 (109th) To complete the codification of title 46, United States Code, "Shipping", as positive law.
- H.R. 866 (109th) To make technical corrections to the United States Code.
- H.R. 3199 (109th) USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005
- H.R. 4472 (109th) Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006
- H.R. 3650 (109th) Federal Judiciary Emergency Special Sessions 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.