House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-151

Employee Retirement Preservation Act

H.R. 4579Introduced Dec 16, 2005Policy area: Health

Became law on Dec 30, 2005.

Where it went

IntroducedDec 16, 2005
Committee actionskipped
Passed HouseDec 17, 2005 · by voice vote
Passed SenateDec 22, 2005 · by unanimous consent
To the PresidentDec 28, 2005
Became lawDec 30, 2005

Latest action: Jan 3, 2006 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4579.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4579, An act to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend by one year provisions requiring parity in the application of” on January 6, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 22, 2005,<br /> and signed by the President on December 30, 2005</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 6, 2006 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17582
CBO publication date
January 6, 2006
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4579, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4579
Record last updated by Congress.gov
February 10, 2026
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. 4579, An act to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend by one year provisions requiring parity in the application of” on January 6, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 22, 2005, and signed by the President on December 30, 2005”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 6, 2006 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17582
CBO publication date
January 6, 2006
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4579, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4579
Record last updated by Congress.gov
February 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0fbebcfde10e01e10994cc8a07cbbb5ff729eba00ad6851bc0f095a385fc00d6
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4579, last updated February 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

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