House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2006
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Chabot R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 28, 2005
- Committee actionJul 19, 2006
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 8, 2006 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 431.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3509.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3509, Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2005” on August 30, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 19, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 30, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18077
- CBO publication date
- August 30, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3509, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3509
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6138e1d0d3709717036251fc091115cb489fca24f16a8152422ce89dc259f32e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3509, Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2005” on August 30, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 19, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 30, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18077
- CBO publication date
- August 30, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3509, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3509
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6138e1d0d3709717036251fc091115cb489fca24f16a8152422ce89dc259f32e
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. 109-728 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 9, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 9, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/728
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3509, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3509
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6138e1d0d3709717036251fc091115cb489fca24f16a8152422ce89dc259f32e
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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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Howard Coble (R-NC), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Mark Green (R-WI), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Ray LaHood (R-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Chabot.
- H.Con.Res. 237 (109th) Expressing the sense of Congress welcoming President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan to the United States on September 20, 2005.
- H.R. 4772 (109th) Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2006
- H.R. 2840 (109th) Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act of 2005
- H.Res. 701 (109th) Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the consideration of conference reports on omnibus appropriation bills.
- H.R. 3828 (109th) Gasoline Price Relief Act of 2005
- H.Con.Res. 70 (109th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should strongly oppose China's anti-secession legislation with respect to Taiwan.
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.