House bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-472
Department of State Authorities Act of 2006
Became law on Jan 11, 2007.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 13, 2006
- Committee actionSep 13, 2006
- Passed HouseDec 8, 2006 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 9, 2006 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJan 3, 2007
- Became lawJan 11, 2007
Latest action: Jan 11, 2007 — Became Public Law No: 109-472.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6060.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6060, Department of State Authorities Act of 2006” on September 25, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on September 13, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 25, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18158
- CBO publication date
- September 25, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6060, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/6060
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b855c7ad7f122fccc1bcb117b2ee40a46842d9424974b016e80f470772a77524
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6060, Department of State Authorities Act of 2006” on September 25, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on September 13, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 25, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18158
- CBO publication date
- September 25, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6060, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/6060
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b855c7ad7f122fccc1bcb117b2ee40a46842d9424974b016e80f470772a77524
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. 109-706 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on September 30, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 30, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/706
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6060, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/6060
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b855c7ad7f122fccc1bcb117b2ee40a46842d9424974b016e80f470772a77524
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.