House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 20, 2006
- Committee actionJul 12, 2006
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 12, 2006 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 311.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5640.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5640, Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006” on July 10, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 29, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 10, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17938
- CBO publication date
- July 10, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5640, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5640
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
305ee10f9de89038c6399ce3134d313c9cded3a18264357de212ca54a48f93d7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5640, Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006” on July 10, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 29, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 10, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17938
- CBO publication date
- July 10, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5640, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5640
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
305ee10f9de89038c6399ce3134d313c9cded3a18264357de212ca54a48f93d7
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. 109-555 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on July 12, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 12, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/555
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5640, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5640
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
305ee10f9de89038c6399ce3134d313c9cded3a18264357de212ca54a48f93d7
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5640, 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
11 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 11 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Phil English (R-PA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Pete Stark (D-CA).
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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.