House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Vocational and Technical Education for the Future Act
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Castle R-DEWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2005
- Committee actionMar 9, 2005
- Passed HouseMay 4, 2005 · 416–9
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 1, 2005 — Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 155.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 366.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 366, Vocational and Technical Education for the Future Act” on March 16, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 9, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 16, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16312
- CBO publication date
- March 16, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 366, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/366
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a36a8a1807912d4463880e59862f8edf96f1dde8983afaf18716b9878417e7d9
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 366, Vocational and Technical Education for the Future Act” on March 16, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 9, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 16, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16312
- CBO publication date
- March 16, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 366, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/366
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a36a8a1807912d4463880e59862f8edf96f1dde8983afaf18716b9878417e7d9
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. 109-25 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on March 17, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 17, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/25
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 366, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/366
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a36a8a1807912d4463880e59862f8edf96f1dde8983afaf18716b9878417e7d9
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.250, which became Public Law 109-270 on 8/14/2006.Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 366, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/366
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a36a8a1807912d4463880e59862f8edf96f1dde8983afaf18716b9878417e7d9
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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
16 cosponsors — 16 Republicans
0 of 16 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Brown (R-SC), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Phil English (R-PA), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), John Kuhl (R-NY), John McHugh (R-NY), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Charles Norwood (R-GA), Tom Osborne (R-NE), John Shimkus (R-IL), Mark Souder (R-IN), Fred Upton (R-MI), Gerald Weller (R-IL), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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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.