House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-140
To provide certain authorities for the Department of State, and for other purposes.
Became law on Dec 22, 2005.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 6, 2005
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 14, 2005 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 15, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 17, 2005
- Became lawDec 22, 2005
Latest action: Dec 22, 2005 — Became Public Law No: 109-140.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4436.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4436, An act to provide certain authorities for the Department of State, and for other purposes” on December 20, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 15, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 20, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17568
- CBO publication date
- December 20, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4436, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4436
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a50a11a42cef98153a97b3b41a0330890a1c0a31703ba1603868236937d1a325
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4436, An act to provide certain authorities for the Department of State, and for other purposes” on December 20, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 15, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 20, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17568
- CBO publication date
- December 20, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4436, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4436
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a50a11a42cef98153a97b3b41a0330890a1c0a31703ba1603868236937d1a325
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4436, last updated April 7, 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
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.