House resolution · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Requesting the President and directing the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in their possession relating to any entity with which the United States has contracted for public relations purposes concerning Iraq.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2006
- Committee actionMar 14, 2006
- Passed House—
Latest action: Mar 16, 2006 — Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 156.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Res. 685.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 109-397 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on March 16, 2006.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 16, 2006 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/HRPT/397
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Res. 685, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hres/685
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
132f8f123c63f470b5f2a1af4c9defcad73f88e332fe1357f64d81e5ffdb3e0a
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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
15 cosponsors — 15 Democrats
0 of 15 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), John Conyers (D-MI), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), James Oberstar (D-MN), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Pete Stark (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dennis Kucinich.
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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.