House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

Gulf Opportunity Zone Public Finance Relief Act of 2005

H.R. 4337Introduced Nov 16, 2005Policy area: Taxation

Sponsor: Rep. William Jefferson D-LA

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Where it went

IntroducedNov 16, 2005
Committee actionNov 16, 2005
Passed HouseNov 16, 2005 · without objection
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jan 27, 2006 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4337.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4337, Gulf Opportunity Zone Public Finance Relief Act of 2005” on December 8, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on November 16, 2005</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 8, 2005 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17553
CBO publication date
December 8, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4337, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4337
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9c1ecf1dd9559e58adb4767491c244d0d39cc9f98f9a04720a52b87b15332795
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4337, Gulf Opportunity Zone Public Finance Relief Act of 2005” on December 8, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on November 16, 2005”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 8, 2005 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17553
CBO publication date
December 8, 2005
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4337, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4337
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9c1ecf1dd9559e58adb4767491c244d0d39cc9f98f9a04720a52b87b15332795
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Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.4440, which became Public Law 109-135 on 12/22/2005.
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4337, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4337
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9c1ecf1dd9559e58adb4767491c244d0d39cc9f98f9a04720a52b87b15332795

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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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

6 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat

5 of 6 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.

Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Richard Baker (R-LA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Bobby Jindal (R-LA), Jim McCrery (R-LA), Charlie Melancon (D-LA).

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Jefferson.

Sponsor’s state and district

Louisiana in Congress · LA-2 district

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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.