House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Border Security and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2005
Sponsor: Rep. Peter King R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 14, 2005
- Committee actionNov 17, 2005
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 6, 2005 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 181.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4312.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4312, Border Security and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2005” on December 6, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on November 17, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 6, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17539
- CBO publication date
- December 6, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4312, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4312
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
279825239d43c0fb61c9231b2c7856cf5f7fbb4820eb354726dcfe0333d176bb
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4312, Border Security and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2005” on December 6, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on November 17, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 6, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17539
- CBO publication date
- December 6, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4312, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4312
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
279825239d43c0fb61c9231b2c7856cf5f7fbb4820eb354726dcfe0333d176bb
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. 109-329 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on December 7, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 7, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/329
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4312, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4312
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
279825239d43c0fb61c9231b2c7856cf5f7fbb4820eb354726dcfe0333d176bb
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4312, last updated December 5, 2025. 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
19 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 19 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Charles Dent (R-PA), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Katherine Harris (R-FL), Ernest Istook (R-OK), John Linder (R-GA), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), John McHugh (R-NY), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), David Reichert (R-WA), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Ed Royce (R-CA), Bill Shuster (R-PA), Rob Simmons (R-CT), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Mark Souder (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
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- H.J.Res. 38 (109th) Recognizing Commodore John Barry as the first flag officer of the United States Navy.
- H.R. 6061 (109th) Secure Fence Act of 2006
- H.R. 4942 (109th) Promoting Antiterrorism Capabilities Through International Cooperation Act
- H.Res. 994 (109th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks launched against the United States…
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.