House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2005
- Committee actionJul 22, 2005
- Passed HouseMar 30, 2006 · 221–199
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 4, 2006 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 388.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 609.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 609, College Access and Opportunities Act of 2005” on September 16, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on July 25, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 16, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17162
- CBO publication date
- September 16, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 609, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/609
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
12697d2c71d1feca36da6b7d5eae18c3385945e545a6826e28d43bced65ac951
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 609, College Access and Opportunities Act of 2005” on September 16, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on July 25, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 16, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17162
- CBO publication date
- September 16, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 609, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/609
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
12697d2c71d1feca36da6b7d5eae18c3385945e545a6826e28d43bced65ac951
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 609, College Access and Opportunity Act of 2006” on March 28, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as modified by a potential manager's amendment</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 28, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17683
- CBO publication date
- March 28, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 609, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/609
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
12697d2c71d1feca36da6b7d5eae18c3385945e545a6826e28d43bced65ac951
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 609, College Access and Opportunity Act of 2006” on March 28, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill amendment in the Nature of a Substitute for H.R. 609, as reported by the Committee on Rules on March 22, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 28, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17684
- CBO publication date
- March 28, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 609, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/609
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
12697d2c71d1feca36da6b7d5eae18c3385945e545a6826e28d43bced65ac951
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 609, College Access and Opportunity Act of 2006” on March 28, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as modified by a potential manager's amendment”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 28, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17683
- CBO publication date
- March 28, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 609, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/609
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
12697d2c71d1feca36da6b7d5eae18c3385945e545a6826e28d43bced65ac951
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 609, College Access and Opportunity Act of 2006” on March 28, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill amendment in the Nature of a Substitute for H.R. 609, as reported by the Committee on Rules on March 22, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 28, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17684
- CBO publication date
- March 28, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 609, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/609
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
12697d2c71d1feca36da6b7d5eae18c3385945e545a6826e28d43bced65ac951
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. 109-231 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on September 22, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 22, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/231
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 609, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/609
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
12697d2c71d1feca36da6b7d5eae18c3385945e545a6826e28d43bced65ac951
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 609, last updated March 23, 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Republicans
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), John Kline (R-MN), Ron Lewis (R-KY), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Tom Price (R-GA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Boehner.
- H.R. 5684 (109th) United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
- H.R. 3784 (109th) Higher Education Extension Act of 2005
- H.R. 4525 (109th) Second Higher Education Extension Act of 2005
- H.R. 4 (109th) Pension Protection Act of 2006
- H.J.Res. 101 (109th) Appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Tenth Congress.
- H.R. 4579 (109th) Employee Retirement Preservation 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.