House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2005
Sponsor: Rep. J. Forbes R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 17, 2005
- Committee actionMay 4, 2005
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 17, 2006 — House Committee on Education and the Workforce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 8, 2006.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 921.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 921, Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2005” on May 11, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on May 4, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 11, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16513
- CBO publication date
- May 11, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 921, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/921
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ca9892dcca608341038c7a9cf5166fffdcfb79d5661c8d6849144e1e217ff9e0
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 921, Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2005” on May 11, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on May 4, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 11, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16513
- CBO publication date
- May 11, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 921, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/921
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ca9892dcca608341038c7a9cf5166fffdcfb79d5661c8d6849144e1e217ff9e0
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. 109-211 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on July 29, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 29, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/211
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 921, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/921
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ca9892dcca608341038c7a9cf5166fffdcfb79d5661c8d6849144e1e217ff9e0
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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
28 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 25 Democrats
25 of 28 cosponsors (89%) are from the other party.
Richard Baker (R-LA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Artur Davis (D-AL), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Thelma Drake (R-VA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Jim Marshall (D-GA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Brad Miller (D-NC), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Major Owens (D-NY), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Mike Ross (D-AR), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Robert Scott (D-VA), Victor Snyder (D-AR), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Diane Watson (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.