House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
To provide for certain access to national crime information databases by schools and educational agencies for employment purposes, with respect to individuals who work with children.
Sponsor: Rep. Jon Porter R-NVWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 7, 2006
- Committee actionMay 25, 2006
- Passed HouseJun 13, 2006 · 415–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 4, 2006 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4894.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4894, A bill to provide for certain access to national crime information databases by schools and educational agencies for employment purposes, with respect to individuals who work with children” on June 12, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 25, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 12, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17853
- CBO publication date
- June 12, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4894, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4894
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 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. 4894, A bill to provide for certain access to national crime information databases by schools and educational agencies for employment purposes, with respect to individuals who work with children” on June 12, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 25, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 12, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17853
- CBO publication date
- June 12, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4894, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4894
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0888dd81f64b83a1d582efb87ae131887fc71f9ac719081c7960d9ea6af05dca
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. 109-497 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 12, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 12, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/497
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4894, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4894
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0888dd81f64b83a1d582efb87ae131887fc71f9ac719081c7960d9ea6af05dca
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4894, 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
55 cosponsors — 54 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 55 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Charles Bass (R-NH), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Campbell (R-CA), Michael Castle (R-DE), Tom Cole (R-OK), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Charles Dent (R-PA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Phil English (R-PA), Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Bobby Jindal (R-LA), Nancy Johnson (R-CT), Ric Keller (R-FL), Mark Kirk (R-IL), John Kuhl (R-NY), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Candice Miller (R-MI) and 25 more.
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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.