House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of all contact lenses as medical devices, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. John Boozman R-ARWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2005
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 371.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.172, which became Public Law 109-96 on 11/9/2005.Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 5, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 371, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/371
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 5, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
71 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 49 Democrats
49 of 71 cosponsors (69%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Marion Berry (D-AR), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), James Langevin (D-RI), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA) and 41 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Con.Res. 159 (109th) Recognizing the sacrifices being made by the families of members of the Armed Forces and supporting the designation of a week as National…
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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.