House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2006
- Committee actionMay 17, 2006
- Passed HouseJun 8, 2006 · 321–101
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 29, 2006 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 652.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5252.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5252, Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006” on May 3, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 27, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 3, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17756
- CBO publication date
- May 3, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5252, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5252
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e775d9c3fe3460f2742831efc06492bba68f5e986c9fef950d4cda86ae3a0ff5
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5252, Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006” on May 3, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 27, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 3, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17756
- CBO publication date
- May 3, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5252, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5252
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e775d9c3fe3460f2742831efc06492bba68f5e986c9fef950d4cda86ae3a0ff5
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5252, Communications Act of 2006” on September 15, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 28, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18129
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5252, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5252
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e775d9c3fe3460f2742831efc06492bba68f5e986c9fef950d4cda86ae3a0ff5
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5252, Communications Act of 2006” on September 15, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 28, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18129
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5252, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5252
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e775d9c3fe3460f2742831efc06492bba68f5e986c9fef950d4cda86ae3a0ff5
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 3 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 109-355 ↗; H. Rept. 109-470,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 109-470,Part 1 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 30, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/355
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/470
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/470 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5252, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5252
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e775d9c3fe3460f2742831efc06492bba68f5e986c9fef950d4cda86ae3a0ff5
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5252, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
55 cosponsors — 36 Republicans, 19 Democrats
19 of 55 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Joe Baca (D-CA), Richard Baker (R-LA), John Barrow (D-GA), Charles Bass (R-NH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Michael Burgess (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Wm. Clay (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Terry Everett (R-AL), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), Mark Foley (R-FL), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Robin Hayes (R-NC), William Jefferson (D-LA) and 25 more.
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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.