House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

Firearms Corrections and Improvements Act

H.R. 5005Introduced Mar 16, 2006Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor: Rep. Lamar Smith R-TX

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 16, 2006
Committee actionSep 13, 2006
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 13, 2006 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 11.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5005.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5005, Firearms Corrections and Improvements Act” on September 22, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 13, 2006</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2006 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18152
CBO publication date
September 22, 2006
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5005, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5005
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 15, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2e898b175758a341e5fad996acd9e09d476a362eb46802835906c5733bafe689
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5005, Firearms Corrections and Improvements Act” on September 22, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 13, 2006”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2006 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18152
CBO publication date
September 22, 2006
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5005, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5005
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 15, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2e898b175758a341e5fad996acd9e09d476a362eb46802835906c5733bafe689
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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

139 cosponsors — 113 Republicans, 26 Democrats

26 of 139 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.

W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), J. Barrett (R-SC), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Charles Bass (R-NH), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Marion Berry (D-AR), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Jo Bonner (R-AL), John Boozman (R-AR), Dan Boren (D-OK), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Henry Brown (R-SC), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), John Carter (R-TX) and 109 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-21 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.