House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-476
Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006
Became law on Jan 12, 2007.
Sponsor: Rep. Lamar Smith R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2006
- Committee actionMar 2, 2006
- Passed HouseApr 25, 2006 · 409–0
- Passed SenateDec 8, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJan 3, 2007
- Became lawJan 12, 2007
Latest action: Jan 12, 2007 — Became Public Law No: 109-476.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4709.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4709, Law Enforcement and Phone Privacy Protection Act of 2006” on March 9, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 2, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17638
- CBO publication date
- March 9, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4709, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4709
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e6777c150df465e5d71d24cefdd768392082b9229430cd0c5658d2e27cebc186
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4709, Law Enforcement and Phone Privacy Protection Act of 2006” on March 9, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 2, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 9, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17638
- CBO publication date
- March 9, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4709, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4709
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e6777c150df465e5d71d24cefdd768392082b9229430cd0c5658d2e27cebc186
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. 109-395 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 16, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 16, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/395
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4709, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4709
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e6777c150df465e5d71d24cefdd768392082b9229430cd0c5658d2e27cebc186
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4709, 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
16 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 16 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Howard Berman (D-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Ed Case (D-HI), Steve Chabot (R-OH), John Conyers (D-MI), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), John Kline (R-MN), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), David Reichert (R-WA), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Robert Scott (D-VA), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
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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.