House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-135
Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005
Became law on Dec 22, 2005.
Sponsor: Rep. Jim McCrery R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 6, 2005
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 7, 2005 · 415–4
- Passed SenateDec 16, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesDec 16, 2005
- To the PresidentDec 19, 2005
- Became lawDec 22, 2005
Latest action: Dec 22, 2005 — Became Public Law No: 109-135.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4440.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4440, Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005” on December 22, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 16, 2005, and signed by the President on December 21, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 22, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17574
- CBO publication date
- December 22, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4440, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4440
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6749d654ff76255726473734aadcea4ba5c246bc43fbfbaa6929b514c6861848
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4440, Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005” on December 22, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 16, 2005, and signed by the President on December 21, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 22, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17574
- CBO publication date
- December 22, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4440, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4440
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6749d654ff76255726473734aadcea4ba5c246bc43fbfbaa6929b514c6861848
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 March 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4440, last updated March 9, 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
8 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Richard Baker (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Phil English (R-PA), Mark Foley (R-FL), William Jefferson (D-LA), Bobby Jindal (R-LA), Charlie Melancon (D-LA), E. Shaw (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim McCrery.
- H.R. 3672 (109th) TANF Emergency Response and Recovery Act of 2005
- H.R. 3768 (109th) Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005
- H.Con.Res. 73 (109th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National High School Seniors Voter Registration Day.
- H.R. 5798 (109th) To amend the Public Health Service Act to modify the program for the sanctuary system for surplus chimpanzees by terminating the authority…
- H.Res. 454 (109th) Providing for the concurrence by the House with an amendment in the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 3768.
- H.Res. 501 (109th) Providing for the concurrence by the House with amendments in the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 3971.
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.