House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
REAL ID Act of 2005
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 26, 2005
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseFeb 10, 2005 · 261–161
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 17, 2005 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 418.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 418, REAL ID Act of 2005” on February 7, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on January 26, 2005 </p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 7, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16232
- CBO publication date
- February 7, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 418, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/418
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bd03dd8a7386e2ea49aea41e8dfbddde4f6e06fe8d5f2b39de8f7f15c074f792
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 418, REAL ID Act of 2005” on February 7, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on January 26, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 7, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16232
- CBO publication date
- February 7, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 418, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/418
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bd03dd8a7386e2ea49aea41e8dfbddde4f6e06fe8d5f2b39de8f7f15c074f792
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 notePursuant to H. Res. 151, the text of H.R. 418, as passed House, was appended as Division B to the end of H.R. 1268. Division B was further modified in conference. H.R. 1268 became P.L. 109-13 on 5/11/2005.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 418, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/418
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bd03dd8a7386e2ea49aea41e8dfbddde4f6e06fe8d5f2b39de8f7f15c074f792
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 418, last updated August 10, 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
140 cosponsors — 138 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 140 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chris Chocola (R-IN), Howard Coble (R-NC), K. Conaway (R-TX), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL) and 110 more.
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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.