House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 2006
- Committee actionJun 7, 2006
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 22, 2006 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 294.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5356.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5356, Research for Competitiveness Act” on June 20, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on June 7, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 20, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17869
- CBO publication date
- June 20, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5356, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5356
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
10a79e9c2768d7a8129c4e131c0aabca5b9379962926f56e8bae9bf1af00d960
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5356, Research for Competitiveness Act” on June 20, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on June 7, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 20, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17869
- CBO publication date
- June 20, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5356, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5356
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
10a79e9c2768d7a8129c4e131c0aabca5b9379962926f56e8bae9bf1af00d960
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. 109-525 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on June 23, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 23, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/525
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5356, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5356
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
10a79e9c2768d7a8129c4e131c0aabca5b9379962926f56e8bae9bf1af00d960
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5356, last updated April 7, 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
31 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 17 Democrats
17 of 31 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.
Brian Baird (D-WA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Al Green (D-TX), Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Michael Honda (D-CA), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Bob Inglis (R-SC), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Timothy Johnson (R-IL), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Doris Matsui (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Charlie Melancon (D-LA), Brad Miller (D-NC), David Price (D-NC), David Reichert (R-WA), John Schwarz (R-MI), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Lamar Smith (R-TX) and 1 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.