House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act of 2005
Sponsor: Rep. Ric Keller R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2005
- Committee actionMay 25, 2005
- Passed HouseOct 19, 2005 · 306–120
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 21, 2005 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 254.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 554.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 554, Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption 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 the Judiciary on May 25, 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/16571
- CBO publication date
- June 6, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 554, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/554
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5252266112b29418f11a31577bd48fc33f63cf8527576500392a5392e72ad32
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 554, Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act of 2005” on June 6, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 25, 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/16571
- CBO publication date
- June 6, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 554, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/554
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5252266112b29418f11a31577bd48fc33f63cf8527576500392a5392e72ad32
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. 109-130 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 14, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/130
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 554, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/554
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5252266112b29418f11a31577bd48fc33f63cf8527576500392a5392e72ad32
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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
85 cosponsors — 82 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 85 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Howard Coble (R-NC), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Terry Everett (R-AL), Mark Foley (R-FL), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and 55 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ric Keller.
- H.R. 5603 (109th) Second Higher Education Extension Act of 2006
- H.R. 6138 (109th) Third Higher Education Extension Act of 2006
- H.R. 3169 (109th) Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act
- H.Res. 22 (109th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that American small businesses are entitled to a Small Business Bill of Rights.
- H.R. 1400 (109th) Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2005
- H.Res. 808 (109th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in support of the goals of National One-Stop Month.
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.