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House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

Minority-Owned Venture Empowerment Act of 2005

H.R. 4474Introduced Dec 8, 2005Policy area: Commerce
Sponsor: Rep. John Barrow D-GA
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Where it went

Latest action: Dec 8, 2005 — Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

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

42 cosponsors — 42 Democrats

0 of 42 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Melissa Bean (D-IL), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Julia Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Artur Davis (D-AL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Harold Ford (D-TN), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Edward Markey (D-MA), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) and 12 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Barrow.

Sponsor’s state and district

Georgia in Congress · GA-12 district

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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.