House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2003
- Committee actionSep 15, 2004
- Passed HouseSep 23, 2004 · 247–173
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 27, 2004 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2028.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2028, Pledge Protection Act of 2004” on September 17, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 15, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 17, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15994
- CBO publication date
- September 17, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2028, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2028
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1fa5f802ec520381b5d35fd9f6898d90c0d6d9b39f36f45ba855f8cbacffea32
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2028, Pledge Protection Act of 2004” on September 17, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 15, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 17, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15994
- CBO publication date
- September 17, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2028, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2028
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1fa5f802ec520381b5d35fd9f6898d90c0d6d9b39f36f45ba855f8cbacffea32
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. 108-691 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 21, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 21, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/691
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2028, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2028
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1fa5f802ec520381b5d35fd9f6898d90c0d6d9b39f36f45ba855f8cbacffea32
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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
226 cosponsors — 214 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 226 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), J. Barrett (R-SC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Max Burns (R-GA), Richard Burr (R-NC) and 196 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.