House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-169
United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Became law on Jan 11, 2006.
Sponsor: Rep. Roy Blunt R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 16, 2005
- Committee actionNov 18, 2005
- Passed HouseDec 7, 2005 · 327–95
- Passed SenateDec 13, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJan 3, 2006
- Became lawJan 11, 2006
Latest action: Jan 11, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-169.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4340.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4340, United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act” on November 22, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on November 18, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 22, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17482
- CBO publication date
- November 22, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4340, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4340
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dc4e8da88cf896c29242a7b52272b16d9c2770a845a2bed9456bcd93dd661d06
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4340, United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act” on November 22, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on November 18, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 22, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17482
- CBO publication date
- November 22, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4340, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4340
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dc4e8da88cf896c29242a7b52272b16d9c2770a845a2bed9456bcd93dd661d06
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4340, United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act” on December 15, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 13, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 15, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17560
- CBO publication date
- December 15, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4340, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4340
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dc4e8da88cf896c29242a7b52272b16d9c2770a845a2bed9456bcd93dd661d06
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4340, United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act” on December 15, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 13, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 15, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17560
- CBO publication date
- December 15, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4340, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4340
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dc4e8da88cf896c29242a7b52272b16d9c2770a845a2bed9456bcd93dd661d06
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. 109-318 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on December 6, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 6, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/318
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4340, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4340
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dc4e8da88cf896c29242a7b52272b16d9c2770a845a2bed9456bcd93dd661d06
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.