House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-425
To provide that attorneys employed by the Department of Justice shall be eligible for compensatory time off for travel under section 5550b of title 5, United States Code.
Became law on Dec 20, 2006.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 17, 2005
- Committee actionOct 20, 2005
- Passed HouseMar 28, 2006 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 6, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 11, 2006
- Became lawDec 20, 2006
Latest action: Dec 20, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-425.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4057.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4057, A bill to provide that attorneys employed by the Department of Justice shall be eligible for compensatory time off for travel under section 5550b of title 5, United States Code” on November 2, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on October 20, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 2, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17433
- CBO publication date
- November 2, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4057, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4057
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
77dec42c4af51a322f5517d7c5c3382b0bce42d186d6c611215c40073989c591
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4057, A bill to provide that attorneys employed by the Department of Justice shall be eligible for compensatory time off for travel under section 5550b of title 5, United States Code” on November 2, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on October 20, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 2, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17433
- CBO publication date
- November 2, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4057, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4057
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
77dec42c4af51a322f5517d7c5c3382b0bce42d186d6c611215c40073989c591
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. 109-390 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on March 14, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 14, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/390
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4057, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4057
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
77dec42c4af51a322f5517d7c5c3382b0bce42d186d6c611215c40073989c591
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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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
4 of 5 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
Danny Davis (D-IL), Thomas Davis (R-VA), James Moran (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Henry Waxman (D-CA).
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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.