House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 6, 2005
- Committee actionDec 7, 2005
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 22, 2005 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 195.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4438.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4438, Gulf Coast Recovery Act of 2005” on January 13, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on<br /> December 7, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 13, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17593
- CBO publication date
- January 13, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4438, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4438
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4438, Gulf Coast Recovery Act of 2005” on January 13, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on December 7, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 13, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17593
- CBO publication date
- January 13, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4438, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4438
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d2025a779645fc8d14a7e4b2aab1d056f9693129ee1de27a30b38a4140d748f7
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. 109-364 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on December 22, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 22, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/364
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4438, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4438
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d2025a779645fc8d14a7e4b2aab1d056f9693129ee1de27a30b38a4140d748f7
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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
20 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 20 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Charles Dent (R-PA), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), Tim Holden (D-PA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Bobby Jindal (R-LA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Charlie Melancon (D-LA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), James Oberstar (D-MN), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Ted Poe (R-TX), Don Young (R-AK).
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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.