House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-222
Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005
Became law on May 17, 2006.
Sponsor: Rep. William Thomas R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 10, 2005
- Committee actionNov 15, 2005
- Passed HouseDec 8, 2005 · 234–197
- Passed SenateFeb 2, 2006 · 66–31
- Resolving differencesMar 15, 2006
- To the PresidentMay 16, 2006
- Became lawMay 17, 2006
Latest action: May 17, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-222.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4297.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4297, Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act of 2005” on November 17, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on Ways and Means on November 15, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 17, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17479
- CBO publication date
- November 17, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4297, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4297
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ac0925b2db349644e5e642c7d9bdd6d37a0aaeefa67e58c26416a25053c19de4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4297, Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act of 2005” on November 17, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on Ways and Means on November 15, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 17, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17479
- CBO publication date
- November 17, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4297, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4297
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ac0925b2db349644e5e642c7d9bdd6d37a0aaeefa67e58c26416a25053c19de4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4297, Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005” on May 9, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill conference agreement</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 9, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17769
- CBO publication date
- May 9, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4297, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4297
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ac0925b2db349644e5e642c7d9bdd6d37a0aaeefa67e58c26416a25053c19de4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4297, Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005” on May 9, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill conference agreement”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 9, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17769
- CBO publication date
- May 9, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4297, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4297
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ac0925b2db349644e5e642c7d9bdd6d37a0aaeefa67e58c26416a25053c19de4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4297, Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005” on June 2, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 11, 2006,<br /> and signed by the President on May 17, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17811
- CBO publication date
- June 2, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4297, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4297
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ac0925b2db349644e5e642c7d9bdd6d37a0aaeefa67e58c26416a25053c19de4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4297, Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005” on June 2, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 11, 2006, and signed by the President on May 17, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17811
- CBO publication date
- June 2, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4297, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4297
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ac0925b2db349644e5e642c7d9bdd6d37a0aaeefa67e58c26416a25053c19de4
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. 109-304 ↗; H. Rept. 109-455 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on November 17, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 17, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/304
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/455 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4297, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4297
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ac0925b2db349644e5e642c7d9bdd6d37a0aaeefa67e58c26416a25053c19de4
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4297, last updated March 9, 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
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.