House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 16, 2006
- Committee actionApr 5, 2006
- Passed HouseMay 3, 2006 · 217–213
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 23, 2006 — Laid on the table. See S. 2349 for further action.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4975.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006” on April 19, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Rules on April 5, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 19, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17732
- CBO publication date
- April 19, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4975, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
960a2cb0865d585f6e46fb9206c79889d53d642bca1db8041c44f2fc420a88de
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006” on April 19, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 5, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 19, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17729
- CBO publication date
- April 19, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4975, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
960a2cb0865d585f6e46fb9206c79889d53d642bca1db8041c44f2fc420a88de
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006” on April 19, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on April 6, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 19, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17730
- CBO publication date
- April 19, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4975, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
960a2cb0865d585f6e46fb9206c79889d53d642bca1db8041c44f2fc420a88de
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006” on April 19, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on April 6, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 19, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17731
- CBO publication date
- April 19, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4975, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
960a2cb0865d585f6e46fb9206c79889d53d642bca1db8041c44f2fc420a88de
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006” on April 19, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Rules on April 5, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 19, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17732
- CBO publication date
- April 19, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4975, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
960a2cb0865d585f6e46fb9206c79889d53d642bca1db8041c44f2fc420a88de
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006” on April 19, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 5, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 19, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17729
- CBO publication date
- April 19, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4975, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
960a2cb0865d585f6e46fb9206c79889d53d642bca1db8041c44f2fc420a88de
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006” on April 19, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on April 6, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 19, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17730
- CBO publication date
- April 19, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4975, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
960a2cb0865d585f6e46fb9206c79889d53d642bca1db8041c44f2fc420a88de
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006” on April 19, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on April 6, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 19, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17731
- CBO publication date
- April 19, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4975, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
960a2cb0865d585f6e46fb9206c79889d53d642bca1db8041c44f2fc420a88de
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006” on April 24, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct on April 6, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 24, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17742
- CBO publication date
- April 24, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4975, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
960a2cb0865d585f6e46fb9206c79889d53d642bca1db8041c44f2fc420a88de
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006” on April 24, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct on April 6, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 24, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17742
- CBO publication date
- April 24, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4975, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
960a2cb0865d585f6e46fb9206c79889d53d642bca1db8041c44f2fc420a88de
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 4 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 109-439,Part I ↗; H. Rept. 109-439,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 109-439,Part 4 ↗; H. Rept. 109-439,Part 3 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 26, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/439
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/439
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/439
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/439 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4975, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
960a2cb0865d585f6e46fb9206c79889d53d642bca1db8041c44f2fc420a88de
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteH.R. 4975, as passed House, was inserted in S. 2349 and S. 2349 as amended was sent to the Senate. Pursuant to H.Res. 783, the text of H.R. 513, as passed House, was appended to H.R. 4975. See S. 2349 for further action on H.R. 4975 and H.R. 513.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4975, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/4975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
960a2cb0865d585f6e46fb9206c79889d53d642bca1db8041c44f2fc420a88de
Sent to: Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Committee on House Administration, Judiciary Committee, Rules CommitteeBills with a CBO estimateBills with a committee reportSee it in the Data Web
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4975, last updated April 7, 2025. 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
15 cosponsors — 15 Republicans
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), J. Hastert (R-IL), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Deborah Pryce (R-OH), Adam Putnam (R-FL), Thomas Reynolds (R-NY), Jean Schmidt (R-OH), Lamar Smith (R-TX).
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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.