House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 6, 2005
- Committee actionMar 16, 2006
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 2, 2006 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 269.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3997.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3997, Financial Data Protection Act of 2006” on March 30, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 16, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 30, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17687
- CBO publication date
- March 30, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3997, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3997
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a1785ae2b24b99541365e1775d574b387cbc0ec67db8465fe4eed5a8ca033d3b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3997, Financial Data Protection Act of 2006” on March 30, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 16, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 30, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17687
- CBO publication date
- March 30, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3997, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3997
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a1785ae2b24b99541365e1775d574b387cbc0ec67db8465fe4eed5a8ca033d3b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3997, Data Accountability and Trust Act (DATA)” on May 26, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 24, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 26, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17798
- CBO publication date
- May 26, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3997, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3997
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a1785ae2b24b99541365e1775d574b387cbc0ec67db8465fe4eed5a8ca033d3b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3997, Data Accountability and Trust Act (DATA)” on May 26, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 24, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 26, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17798
- CBO publication date
- May 26, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3997, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3997
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a1785ae2b24b99541365e1775d574b387cbc0ec67db8465fe4eed5a8ca033d3b
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 109-454,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 109-454,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 2, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/454
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/454 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3997, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/3997
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a1785ae2b24b99541365e1775d574b387cbc0ec67db8465fe4eed5a8ca033d3b
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3997, 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
24 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 24 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Melissa Bean (D-IL), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Michael Castle (R-DE), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Mark Foley (R-FL), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Katherine Harris (R-FL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Tim Holden (D-PA), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Walter Jones (R-NC), Mark Kennedy (R-MN), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), John McHugh (R-NY), Dennis Moore (D-KS), Bob Ney (R-OH), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Tom Price (R-GA), Deborah Pryce (R-OH), Rick Renzi (R-AZ), David Scott (D-GA), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
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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.