House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Hurricane Check Cashing Relief Act of 2005
Sponsor: Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 27, 2005
- Committee actionOct 28, 2005
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 6, 2005 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 179.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3909.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3909, Hurricane Check Cashing Relief Act of 2005” on November 30, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on October 27, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17517
- CBO publication date
- November 30, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3909, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3909
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
03473ec8a9ac35c6bbfea8c9bede028511d2bde8ef9de41e8dcb72b631f9cb52
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3909, Hurricane Check Cashing Relief Act of 2005” on November 30, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on October 27, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17517
- CBO publication date
- November 30, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3909, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3909
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
03473ec8a9ac35c6bbfea8c9bede028511d2bde8ef9de41e8dcb72b631f9cb52
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. 109-326 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on December 7, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 7, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/326
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3909, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3909
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
03473ec8a9ac35c6bbfea8c9bede028511d2bde8ef9de41e8dcb72b631f9cb52
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3909, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Al Green (D-TX), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite.
- H.R. 3703 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8501 Philatelic Drive in Spring Hill, Florida, as the "Staff…
- H.R. 5637 (109th) Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2006
- H.Res. 357 (109th) Honoring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
- H.R. 1505 (109th) Jessica Lunsford Act
- H.R. 4366 (109th) Homeowners Insurance Protection Act of 2005
- H.Res. 852 (109th) Expressing the sense of the House that Members of Congress are not immune from having their offices searched.
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.