House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law

Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance Act of 2004

H.R. 1787Introduced Apr 11, 2003Policy area: Law

Where it went

IntroducedApr 11, 2003
Committee actionSep 8, 2004
Passed HouseSep 14, 2004 · 397–3
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 29, 2004 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 748.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1787.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1787, Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance Act of 2004” on September 13, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 8, 2004</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 13, 2004 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15965
CBO publication date
September 13, 2004
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1787, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1787
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1787, Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance Act of 2004” on September 13, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 8, 2004”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 13, 2004 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15965
CBO publication date
September 13, 2004
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1787, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1787
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9074baa38ffb939d4c1b5f42e98e5017d7d54a22f7621dda0014e7dc6d18395d
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 108-680 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 13, 2004.
Source: Congress.gov, reported September 13, 2004 ↗
Evidence
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Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/680
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1787, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1787
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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

68 cosponsors — 44 Republicans, 24 Democrats

24 of 68 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.

Richard Baker (R-LA), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Richard Burr (R-NC), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Ed Case (D-HI), Tom Cole (R-OK), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Mike Doyle (D-PA), John Duncan (R-TN), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) and 38 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Castle.

Sponsor’s state and district

Delaware in Congress · DE at-large district

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