House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2005
Sponsor: Rep. Greg Walden R-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2005
- Committee actionMay 18, 2005
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 9, 2005 — Reported by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-117, Part I.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 517.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 517, Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2005” on June 6, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 18, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 6, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16570
- CBO publication date
- June 6, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 517, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/517
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8185774f9c103c42c6b6ede5e72fba2412a316003147223fd8943736cfcd24f3
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 517, Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2005” on June 6, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 18, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 6, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16570
- CBO publication date
- June 6, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 517, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/517
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8185774f9c103c42c6b6ede5e72fba2412a316003147223fd8943736cfcd24f3
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. 109-117 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 9, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 9, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/117
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 517, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/517
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8185774f9c103c42c6b6ede5e72fba2412a316003147223fd8943736cfcd24f3
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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 — 59 Republicans, 80 Democrats
80 of 139 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Lois Capps (D-CA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Donna Christensen (D-VI), K. Conaway (R-TX), Jim Costa (D-CA), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and 109 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Greg Walden.
- H.R. 4195 (109th) Southern Oregon Bureau of Reclamation Repayment Act of 2005
- H.R. 4200 (109th) Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act
- H.R. 5025 (109th) Mount Hood Stewardship Legacy Act
- H.R. 5079 (109th) Oregon Water Resources Management Act of 2006
- H.R. 2875 (109th) Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005
- H.R. 3818 (109th) Forest Service Partnership Enhancement Act of 2005
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.