House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-91
QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005
Became law on Oct 20, 2005.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 6, 2005
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseOct 6, 2005 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 7, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesOct 19, 2005
- To the PresidentOct 20, 2005
- Became lawOct 20, 2005
Latest action: Oct 20, 2005 — Became Public Law No: 109-91.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3971.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3971, QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005” on October 25, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 19, 2005,<br /> and signed by the President on October 20, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 25, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17414
- CBO publication date
- October 25, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3971, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3971
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ff4abbf758a9e36d99e899b8e3c5643e3fc8a3af8d5295b17a2fc582f0f58bc1
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3971, QI, TMA, and Abstinence Programs Extension and Hurricane Katrina Unemployment Relief Act of 2005” on October 25, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 19, 2005, and signed by the President on October 20, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 25, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17414
- CBO publication date
- October 25, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3971, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3971
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ff4abbf758a9e36d99e899b8e3c5643e3fc8a3af8d5295b17a2fc582f0f58bc1
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of March 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3971, last updated March 9, 2026. 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Richard Baker (R-LA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Bobby Jindal (R-LA), Jim McCrery (R-LA).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nathan Deal.
- H.R. 5574 (109th) Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2006
- H.R. 5573 (109th) Health Centers Renewal Act of 2006
- H.R. 4568 (109th) Proficiency Testing Improvement Act of 2005
- H.R. 698 (109th) Citizenship Reform Act of 2005
- H.R. 4268 (109th) Proficiency Testing Improvement Act of 2005
- H.R. 537 (109th) National Fisheries Mitigation Coordination Act
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.