House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-275
Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act
Became law on Jul 15, 2004.
Sponsor: Rep. John Carter R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2003
- Committee actionMay 12, 2004
- Passed HouseJun 23, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJun 25, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJul 8, 2004
- Became lawJul 15, 2004
Latest action: Jul 15, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-275.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1731.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1731, Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act” on May 20, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 12, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 20, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15651
- CBO publication date
- May 20, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1731, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1731
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
32f22cc4ef18c2ec6b1d5ec0559c68fb6c74ae398667922bb3581ad8e158f01e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1731, Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act” on May 20, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 12, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 20, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15651
- CBO publication date
- May 20, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1731, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1731
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
32f22cc4ef18c2ec6b1d5ec0559c68fb6c74ae398667922bb3581ad8e158f01e
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. 108-528 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 8, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 8, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/528
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1731, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1731
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
32f22cc4ef18c2ec6b1d5ec0559c68fb6c74ae398667922bb3581ad8e158f01e
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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
26 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 26 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Joe Barton (R-TX), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Gene Green (D-TX), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), James Moran (D-VA), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Bob Ney (R-OH), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Major Owens (D-NY), Jon Porter (R-NV), Mike Ross (D-AR), Ed Royce (R-CA), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Lamar Smith (R-TX), John Spratt (D-SC), Diane Watson (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Carter.
- H.R. 1732 (108th) Williamson County Water Recycling Act of 2004
- H.R. 2934 (108th) Terrorist Penalties Enhancement Act of 2004
- H.J.Res. 39 (108th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to references to God in the Pledge of Allegiance and on United…
- H.R. 4274 (108th) For the relief of Rona Ramon, Asaf Ramon, Tal Ramon, Yiftach Ramon, and Noah Ramon.
- H.R. 4726 (108th) To prevent discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property by the States.
- H.R. 5306 (108th) New War on Cancer Act
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.