House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2005
- Committee actionMar 16, 2005
- Passed HouseJul 26, 2005 · 263–165
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 27, 2005 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 525.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 525, Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2005” on April 8, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 16, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 8, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16423
- CBO publication date
- April 8, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 525, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/525
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e4cbd5355a52b79949466c65906a153c51e57e651a02f5ac65f5a42f5c1f3946
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 525, Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2005” on April 8, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 16, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 8, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16423
- CBO publication date
- April 8, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 525, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/525
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e4cbd5355a52b79949466c65906a153c51e57e651a02f5ac65f5a42f5c1f3946
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. 109-41 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on April 13, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 13, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/41
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 525, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/525
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e4cbd5355a52b79949466c65906a153c51e57e651a02f5ac65f5a42f5c1f3946
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 525, last updated December 5, 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
135 cosponsors — 127 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 135 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), J. Barrett (R-SC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), John Carter (R-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chris Chocola (R-IN), Tom Cole (R-OK) and 105 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sam Johnson.
- H.J.Res. 19 (109th) Providing for the appointment of Shirley Ann Jackson as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
- H.J.Res. 20 (109th) Providing for the appointment of Robert P. Kogod as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
- H.R. 3385 (109th) AMT Credit Fairness Act of 2005
- H.R. 1517 (109th) Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act of 2005
- H.R. 1872 (109th) Health Coverage for the Uninsured Act of 2005
- H.R. 1073 (109th) Union Members Right-to-Know Act
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.