House joint resolution · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-272
Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.
Became law on Jul 7, 2004.
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Lantos D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 3, 2004
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJun 14, 2004 · 372–2
- Passed SenateJun 24, 2004 · 96–1
- To the PresidentJun 25, 2004
- Became lawJul 7, 2004
Latest action: Jul 7, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-272.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 97.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 97, Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003” on June 14, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on June 3, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 14, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15734
- CBO publication date
- June 14, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 97, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hjres/97
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f12e1d8714ce9eaf4d414387d4f99cb52094a25d98f81ae3727900ea514d8039
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 97, Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003” on June 14, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on June 3, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 14, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15734
- CBO publication date
- June 14, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 97, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hjres/97
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f12e1d8714ce9eaf4d414387d4f99cb52094a25d98f81ae3727900ea514d8039
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 97, Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003” on July 1, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on June 24, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 1, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15811
- CBO publication date
- July 1, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 97, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hjres/97
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f12e1d8714ce9eaf4d414387d4f99cb52094a25d98f81ae3727900ea514d8039
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 97, Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003” on July 1, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on June 24, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 1, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15811
- CBO publication date
- July 1, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 97, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hjres/97
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f12e1d8714ce9eaf4d414387d4f99cb52094a25d98f81ae3727900ea514d8039
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
41 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 29 Democrats
12 of 41 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Lane Evans (D-IL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Harold Ford (D-TN), Barney Frank (D-MA), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Peter King (R-NY), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Sander Levin (D-MI), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Mike Pence (R-IN), Joseph Pitts (R-PA) and 11 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 264 (108th) Expressing sympathy for the victims of the devastating earthquake that struck Algeria on May 21, 2003.
- H.R. 2760 (108th) Resolution of the Ethiopia-Eritrea Border Dispute Act of 2004
- H.Con.Res. 418 (108th) Recognizing the importance in history of the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and…
- H.R. 4660 (108th) To amend the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to extend the authority to provide assistance to countries seeking to become eligible…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.