House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Act of 2006
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 21, 2006
- Committee actionJun 27, 2006
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 28, 2006 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 352.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5656.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5656, Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Act of 2006” on July 12, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on June 27, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 12, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17955
- CBO publication date
- July 12, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5656, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5656
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
32a4406f683b3e104e4067dc2a81290e92e4417acff8137f54e7c1df127594ba
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5656, Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Commercial Application Act of 2006” on July 12, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on June 27, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 12, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17955
- CBO publication date
- July 12, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5656, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5656
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
32a4406f683b3e104e4067dc2a81290e92e4417acff8137f54e7c1df127594ba
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. 109-611 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on July 28, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 28, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/611
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5656, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5656
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
32a4406f683b3e104e4067dc2a81290e92e4417acff8137f54e7c1df127594ba
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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
16 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 16 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Al Green (D-TX), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Bob Inglis (R-SC), Michael McCaul (R-TX), David Reichert (R-WA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), John Schwarz (R-MI), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Zach Wamp (R-TN), Curt Weldon (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 6203 (109th) Alternative Energy Research and Development 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.