House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-249
To exempt persons with disabilities from the prohibition against providing section 8 rental assistance to college students.
Became law on Jul 27, 2006.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 6, 2006
- Committee actionMay 24, 2006
- Passed HouseJun 13, 2006 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 18, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJul 20, 2006
- Became lawJul 27, 2006
Latest action: Jul 27, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-249.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5117.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5117, A bill to exempt persons with disabilities from the prohibition against providing Section 8 rental assistance to college students” on June 5, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 24, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 5, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17823
- CBO publication date
- June 5, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5117, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5117
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
092d35d8ad25c9136959237f737160a218f2265f2157ece93d72ed7246b0563c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5117, A bill to exempt persons with disabilities from the prohibition against providing Section 8 rental assistance to college students” on June 5, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 24, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 5, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17823
- CBO publication date
- June 5, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5117, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5117
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
092d35d8ad25c9136959237f737160a218f2265f2157ece93d72ed7246b0563c
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. 109-500 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on June 13, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 13, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/500
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5117, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5117
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
092d35d8ad25c9136959237f737160a218f2265f2157ece93d72ed7246b0563c
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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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), David Hobson (R-OH), Jim Leach (R-IA), Bob Ney (R-OH), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH).
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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.