House concurrent resolution · 108th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate
Expressing the sense of the Congress that, as Congress recognizes the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, all Americans are encouraged to observe this anniversary with a commitment to continuing and building on the legacy of Brown.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 4, 2004
- Committee actionMay 12, 2004
- Passed HouseMay 13, 2004 · 406–1
- Passed SenateMay 19, 2004 · by unanimous consent
Latest action: May 20, 2004 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Con.Res. 414.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H. Con. Res. 414, Expressing the sense of Congress that, as Congress recognizes the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, all Americans are encouraged to observe this anniversary with a commitment to continuing and building on th” on May 13, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on May 12, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15691
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 414, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hconres/414
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9e28124be643d0a9922126a2e7ff18f7859ad80db29b05d5360c11b6b670b345
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H. Con. Res. 414, Expressing the sense of Congress that, as Congress recognizes the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, all Americans are encouraged to observe this anniversary with a commitment to continuing and building on th” on May 13, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on May 12, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15691
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 414, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hconres/414
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9e28124be643d0a9922126a2e7ff18f7859ad80db29b05d5360c11b6b670b345
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 108-485 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on May 12, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 12, 2004 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/485
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 414, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hconres/414
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9e28124be643d0a9922126a2e7ff18f7859ad80db29b05d5360c11b6b670b345
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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
76 cosponsors — 39 Republicans, 36 Democrats, 1 independent
39 of 76 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Henry Brown (R-SC), Eric Cantor (R-VA), John Carter (R-TX), Michael Castle (R-DE), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Howard Coble (R-NC), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), James DeMint (R-SC), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Sam Farr (D-CA), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), J. Forbes (R-VA), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), James Greenwood (R-PA), Melissa Hart (R-PA) and 46 more.
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