House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006
Sponsor: Rep. William Thomas R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 28, 2006
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJul 29, 2006 · 230–180
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 3, 2006 — Motion by Senator Frist to reconsider the vote by which the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 5970 was not agreed to (Roll Call No. 229) entered in Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5970.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5970, Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006” on August 1, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on July 29, 2006.</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 1, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18024
- CBO publication date
- August 1, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5970, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5a6733081b3ef66d2b9df89b25b49dec69152f35ebdc3c84a2e70b12e38a4271
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5970, Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006” on August 1, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on July 29, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 1, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18024
- CBO publication date
- August 1, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5970, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/5970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5a6733081b3ef66d2b9df89b25b49dec69152f35ebdc3c84a2e70b12e38a4271
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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5970, last updated December 5, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Howard McKeon (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Thomas.
- H.R. 1492 (109th) To provide for the preservation of the historic confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II, and for…
- H.R. 4297 (109th) Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005
- H.R. 241 (109th) To accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
- H.R. 1270 (109th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate.
- H.R. 5865 (109th) Returned Americans Protection Act of 2006
- H.R. 5638 (109th) Permanent Estate Tax Relief Act of 2006
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.