House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 7, 2005
- Committee actionNov 7, 2005
- Passed HouseNov 18, 2005 · 217–215
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 18, 2005 — The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 4241.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4241.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4241, Medicaid provisions in Title III of H.R. 4241, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005” on November 10, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Additional information regarding the cost estimate for Title III of H.R. 4241</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 10, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17448
- CBO publication date
- November 10, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4241, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4241
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bf4ff216f27b18f4553c9bb7dba5e1dd432c20832c4f2981964d79f0644cfe7b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4241, Medicaid provisions in Title III of H.R. 4241, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005” on November 10, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Additional information regarding the cost estimate for Title III of H.R. 4241”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 10, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17448
- CBO publication date
- November 10, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4241, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4241
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bf4ff216f27b18f4553c9bb7dba5e1dd432c20832c4f2981964d79f0644cfe7b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4241, Deficit Reduction Act of 2005” on November 18, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on November 18, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 18, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17478
- CBO publication date
- November 18, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4241, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4241
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bf4ff216f27b18f4553c9bb7dba5e1dd432c20832c4f2981964d79f0644cfe7b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4241, Deficit Reduction Act of 2005” on November 18, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on November 18, 2005.</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 18, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17478
- CBO publication date
- November 18, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4241, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4241
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bf4ff216f27b18f4553c9bb7dba5e1dd432c20832c4f2981964d79f0644cfe7b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Estimated Budgetary Impact of H.R. 4241, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005” on November 21, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimated budgetary impact for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on November 18, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17484
- CBO publication date
- November 21, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4241, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4241
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bf4ff216f27b18f4553c9bb7dba5e1dd432c20832c4f2981964d79f0644cfe7b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Estimated Budgetary Impact of H.R. 4241, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005” on November 21, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Estimated budgetary impact for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on November 18, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17484
- CBO publication date
- November 21, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4241, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4241
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bf4ff216f27b18f4553c9bb7dba5e1dd432c20832c4f2981964d79f0644cfe7b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4241, Nutrition Provisions in Title I of H.R. 4241, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005” on December 1, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Additional information regarding the cost estimate for Title I of H.R. 4241</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 1, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17509
- CBO publication date
- December 1, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4241, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4241
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bf4ff216f27b18f4553c9bb7dba5e1dd432c20832c4f2981964d79f0644cfe7b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4241, Nutrition Provisions in Title I of H.R. 4241, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005” on December 1, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Additional information regarding the cost estimate for Title I of H.R. 4241”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 1, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17509
- CBO publication date
- December 1, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4241, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4241
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bf4ff216f27b18f4553c9bb7dba5e1dd432c20832c4f2981964d79f0644cfe7b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4241, Additional information regarding the cost estimate for Title 1 of H.R. 4241” on December 1, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on November 18, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 1, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17521
- CBO publication date
- December 1, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4241, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4241
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bf4ff216f27b18f4553c9bb7dba5e1dd432c20832c4f2981964d79f0644cfe7b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4241, Additional information regarding the cost estimate for Title 1 of H.R. 4241” on December 1, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on November 18, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 1, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17521
- CBO publication date
- December 1, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4241, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4241
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bf4ff216f27b18f4553c9bb7dba5e1dd432c20832c4f2981964d79f0644cfe7b
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. 109-276 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/276
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4241, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4241
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bf4ff216f27b18f4553c9bb7dba5e1dd432c20832c4f2981964d79f0644cfe7b
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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.1932, which became Public Law 109-171 on 2/8/2006.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4241, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4241
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bf4ff216f27b18f4553c9bb7dba5e1dd432c20832c4f2981964d79f0644cfe7b
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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
No cosponsors.
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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.