House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2005
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Brady D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2005
- Committee actionJul 14, 2005
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2005 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 120.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 527.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 527, Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2005” on July 20, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on July 14, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17015
- CBO publication date
- July 20, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 527, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/527
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e585b26460e764cfe930802005663ca408c0a765c444acc270949993bb1572e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 527, Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2005” on July 20, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on July 14, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17015
- CBO publication date
- July 20, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 527, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/527
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e585b26460e764cfe930802005663ca408c0a765c444acc270949993bb1572e
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. 109-207 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on July 29, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 29, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/207
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 527, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/527
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e585b26460e764cfe930802005663ca408c0a765c444acc270949993bb1572e
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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
6 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 4 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Ed Case (D-HI), Phil English (R-PA), Tim Holden (D-PA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), John Murtha (D-PA), Bill Shuster (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Brady.
- H.Res. 1084 (109th) To honor the contributions and life of Edward R. Bradley.
- H.R. 3740 (109th) Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Stamp Act
- H.Con.Res. 28 (109th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that there should be established a School Zone Safety Awareness Week to encourage schools…
- H.R. 2983 (109th) For the relief of Zhuljeta Zhegra.
- H.R. 2984 (109th) For the relief of Shpetim Daku.
- H.R. 4984 (109th) National Heroes Credit Protection 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.