House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Management Improvement Act of 2005
Sponsor: Rep. Stephen Buyer R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 17, 2005
- Committee actionOct 20, 2005
- Passed HouseNov 2, 2005 · 408–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 4, 2005 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4061.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4061, Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Management Improvement Act of 2005” on October 26, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on October 20, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 26, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17416
- CBO publication date
- October 26, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4061, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4061
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7ae8677c206b292e0a24141ec63c6ca6e883cc7df7fe7c19d8840c0806d04abb
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4061, Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Management Improvement Act of 2005” on October 26, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on October 20, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 26, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17416
- CBO publication date
- October 26, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4061, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4061
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7ae8677c206b292e0a24141ec63c6ca6e883cc7df7fe7c19d8840c0806d04abb
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. 109-256 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 27, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 27, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/256
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4061, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4061
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7ae8677c206b292e0a24141ec63c6ca6e883cc7df7fe7c19d8840c0806d04abb
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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
20 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 20 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), John Boozman (R-AR), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Lane Evans (D-IL), Terry Everett (R-AL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Ted Strickland (D-OH), Michael Turner (R-OH), Tom Udall (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Stephen Buyer.
- H.R. 6342 (109th) Veterans Programs Extension Act of 2006
- H.R. 5835 (109th) Veterans Identity and Credit Security Act of 2006
- H.R. 2046 (109th) Servicemembers' Health Insurance Protection Act of 2005
- H.R. 1220 (109th) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2005
- H.Res. 361 (109th) Recognizing the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Veterans Administration on July 21, 1930.
- H.Con.Res. 427 (109th) Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Department…
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.