House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-250
Returned Americans Protection Act of 2006
Became law on Jul 27, 2006.
Sponsor: Rep. William Thomas R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 24, 2006
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJul 25, 2006 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 26, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJul 26, 2006
- To the PresidentJul 27, 2006
- Became lawJul 27, 2006
Latest action: Jul 27, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-250.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5865.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5865, Returned Americans Protection Act of 2006” on August 4, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 26, 2006, and signed by the President on July 27, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 4, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18042
- CBO publication date
- August 4, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5865, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5865
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
82140509f4b55fd00f4fa301c09b826ab5b3c36d9777988ee585b6bf6065597b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5865, Returned Americans Protection Act of 2006” on August 4, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 26, 2006, and signed by the President on July 27, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 4, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18042
- CBO publication date
- August 4, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5865, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5865
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
82140509f4b55fd00f4fa301c09b826ab5b3c36d9777988ee585b6bf6065597b
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of March 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5865, last updated March 9, 2026. 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
No cosponsors.
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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.