House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Expanded Access to Financial Services Act of 2005
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Gerlach R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2005
- Committee actionMar 16, 2005
- Passed HouseApr 26, 2005 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 27, 2005 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 749.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 749, Expanded Access to Financial Services Act of 2005” on April 1, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 16, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 1, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16388
- CBO publication date
- April 1, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 749, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/749
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
86286a5745a5b9949919e90c647a6b05692a9a4b8d8badc9fa590f331004543e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 749, Expanded Access to Financial Services Act of 2005” on April 1, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on March 16, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 1, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16388
- CBO publication date
- April 1, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 749, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/749
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
86286a5745a5b9949919e90c647a6b05692a9a4b8d8badc9fa590f331004543e
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. 109-38 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on April 12, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 12, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/38
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 749, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/749
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
86286a5745a5b9949919e90c647a6b05692a9a4b8d8badc9fa590f331004543e
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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
6 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 6 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Joe Baca (D-CA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Ron Paul (R-TX), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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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.