House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-228

Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act

H.R. 5037Introduced Mar 29, 2006Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Became law on May 29, 2006.

Sponsor: Rep. Mike Rogers R-MI

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 29, 2006
Committee actionskipped
Passed HouseMay 9, 2006 · 408–3
Passed SenateMay 24, 2006 · by unanimous consent
Resolving differencesMay 24, 2006
To the PresidentMay 25, 2006
Became lawMay 29, 2006

Latest action: May 29, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-228.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5037.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5037, Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act” on April 28, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on March 29, 2006</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 28, 2006 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17754
CBO publication date
April 28, 2006
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5037, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5037
Record last updated by Congress.gov
March 9, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 27, 2026
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5037, Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act” on April 28, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on March 29, 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/17754
CBO publication date
April 28, 2006
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5037, 109th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5037
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

205 cosponsors — 106 Republicans, 99 Democrats

99 of 205 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), J. Barrett (R-SC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Jo Bonner (R-AL), John Boozman (R-AR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Stephen Buyer (R-IN) and 175 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Rogers.

Sponsor’s state and district

Michigan in Congress · MI-8 district

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