House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 16, 2005
- Committee actionFeb 17, 2005
- Passed HouseMar 3, 2005 · 329–68
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 19, 2005 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 61.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 841.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 841, Continuity in Representation Act of 2005” on February 24, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on February 17, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16279
- CBO publication date
- February 24, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 841, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/841
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
db3be19f9327ef5dad8f9de5eee389f201ea6b10ac6348b562134618d94998bd
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 841, Continuity in Representation Act of 2005” on February 24, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on February 17, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16279
- CBO publication date
- February 24, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 841, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/841
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
db3be19f9327ef5dad8f9de5eee389f201ea6b10ac6348b562134618d94998bd
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. 109-8 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on February 24, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 24, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/8
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 841, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/841
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
db3be19f9327ef5dad8f9de5eee389f201ea6b10ac6348b562134618d94998bd
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 841, last updated April 7, 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Tom Cole (R-OK), David Dreier (R-CA), Candice Miller (R-MI), Ron Paul (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3199 (109th) USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005
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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.