House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 7, 2006
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 7, 2006 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Resources, Education and the Workforce, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6408.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6408, Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006” on December 7, 2006. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on December 7, 2006</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 7, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18263
- CBO publication date
- December 7, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6408, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/6408
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54a382593ac80d6f088fc2a1e64abce751acc6f8dda325935c0a52f84651399d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6408, Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006” on December 7, 2006. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on December 7, 2006”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 7, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18263
- CBO publication date
- December 7, 2006
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6408, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/6408
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54a382593ac80d6f088fc2a1e64abce751acc6f8dda325935c0a52f84651399d
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 noteSimilar provisions were incorporated in H.R. 6111, the Tax Relief and Health Care Act Amendments of 2006, as agreed to in the House amendment to the Senate amendment. See H.R. 6111 for further action.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6408, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/6408
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54a382593ac80d6f088fc2a1e64abce751acc6f8dda325935c0a52f84651399d
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6408, last updated August 15, 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
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.