House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-347

SAFE Port Act

H.R. 4954Introduced Mar 14, 2006Policy area: Emergency Management

Became law on Oct 13, 2006.

Sponsor: Rep. Daniel Lungren R-CA

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 14, 2006
Committee actionApr 26, 2006
Passed HouseMay 4, 2006 · 421–2
Passed SenateSep 14, 2006 · 98–0
Resolving differencesSep 29, 2006
To the PresidentOct 3, 2006
Became lawOct 13, 2006

Latest action: Oct 13, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-347.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4954.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4954, Security and Accountability for Every Port Act” on April 28, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on April 26, 2006</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 28, 2006 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17753
CBO publication date
April 28, 2006
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4954, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4954
Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 9, 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. 4954, Security and Accountability for Every Port Act” on April 28, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on April 26, 2006”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 28, 2006 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17753
CBO publication date
April 28, 2006
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4954, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4954
Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 9, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
839d60d47ed9ca965cf4b46cbb9fe6a64b1348e5ea2f42b3f22200fce8091c43
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4954, Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006” on October 31, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on September 30, 2006, and signed by the President on October 13, 2006</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 31, 2006 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18242
CBO publication date
October 31, 2006
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4954, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4954
Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 9, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
839d60d47ed9ca965cf4b46cbb9fe6a64b1348e5ea2f42b3f22200fce8091c43
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4954, Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006” on October 31, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on September 30, 2006, and signed by the President on October 13, 2006”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 31, 2006 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18242
CBO publication date
October 31, 2006
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4954, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4954
Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 9, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
839d60d47ed9ca965cf4b46cbb9fe6a64b1348e5ea2f42b3f22200fce8091c43
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Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 109-447 ↗; H. Rept. 109-711 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on April 29, 2006.
Source: Congress.gov, reported April 29, 2006 ↗
Evidence
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committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/447
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/711
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4954, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4954
Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 9, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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

80 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 51 Democrats

51 of 80 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.

Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Marion Berry (D-AR), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Henry Brown (R-SC), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Jim Costa (D-CA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Charles Dent (R-PA), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), Mark Foley (R-FL), Harold Ford (D-TN), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Jim Gibbons (R-NV) and 50 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Daniel Lungren.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-3 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.