House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005
Sponsor: Rep. F. Sensenbrenner R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 6, 2005
- Committee actionDec 8, 2005
- Passed HouseDec 16, 2005 · 239–182
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 27, 2006 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4437.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4437, Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005” on December 13, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on December 8, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 13, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17549
- CBO publication date
- December 13, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4437, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4437
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7941ab786f903bb1358cb8e2cfa89c9d3152ebadd52493464545c0185b13b2b3
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4437, Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005” on December 13, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on December 8, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 13, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17549
- CBO publication date
- December 13, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4437, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4437
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7941ab786f903bb1358cb8e2cfa89c9d3152ebadd52493464545c0185b13b2b3
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Manager's Amendment to H.R. 4437, Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005” on December 14, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for a December 13, 2005, manager's amendment to H.R. 4437</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17556
- CBO publication date
- December 14, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4437, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4437
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7941ab786f903bb1358cb8e2cfa89c9d3152ebadd52493464545c0185b13b2b3
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Manager's Amendment to H.R. 4437, Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005” on December 14, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for a December 13, 2005, manager's amendment to H.R. 4437”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17556
- CBO publication date
- December 14, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4437, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4437
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7941ab786f903bb1358cb8e2cfa89c9d3152ebadd52493464545c0185b13b2b3
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. 109-345 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on December 14, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/345
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4437, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4437
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7941ab786f903bb1358cb8e2cfa89c9d3152ebadd52493464545c0185b13b2b3
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4437, last updated August 10, 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
35 cosponsors — 34 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 35 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Tom Cole (R-OK), John Culberson (R-TX), David Dreier (R-CA), Tom Feeney (R-FL), J. Forbes (R-VA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Ernest Istook (R-OK), Peter King (R-NY), John Kline (R-MN), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), John McHugh (R-NY), Gary Miller (R-CA), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Ted Poe (R-TX), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Ed Royce (R-CA), Jim Ryun (R-KS), Jean Schmidt (R-OH) and 5 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3199 (109th) USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005
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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.