House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2005
- Committee actionMay 25, 2005
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 26, 2005 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2162-2163)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 800.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 800, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act” on June 7, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 25, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 7, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16579
- CBO publication date
- June 7, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 800, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/800
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
72bfb4401d4c0b7df59bae1e439f040caaf564fb4585f58edfa4d84dcccb5cc2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 800, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act” on June 7, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 25, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 7, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16579
- CBO publication date
- June 7, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 800, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/800
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
72bfb4401d4c0b7df59bae1e439f040caaf564fb4585f58edfa4d84dcccb5cc2
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. 109-124 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 14, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 14, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/124
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 800, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/800
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
72bfb4401d4c0b7df59bae1e439f040caaf564fb4585f58edfa4d84dcccb5cc2
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.397, which became Public Law 109-92 on 10/26/2005.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 800, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/800
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
72bfb4401d4c0b7df59bae1e439f040caaf564fb4585f58edfa4d84dcccb5cc2
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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
257 cosponsors — 210 Republicans, 47 Democrats
47 of 257 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), J. Barrett (R-SC), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Marion Berry (D-AR), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Allen Boyd (D-FL) and 227 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 360 (109th) Commemorating the 60th anniversary of V-J Day and the end of World War II in the Pacific.
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- H.R. 3084 (109th) Drug Free Sports Act
- H.R. 1065 (109th) United States Boxing Commission 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.