House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 9, 2003
- Committee actionJan 21, 2004
- Passed HouseMar 10, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 7, 2004 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 781.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2391.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2391, Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) Act of 2004” on February 4, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on January 21, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 4, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15214
- CBO publication date
- February 4, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2391, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2391
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
169cd715321083dc1ce59bb65a9f7b7f08ba8c96797c08f2bbb63bb4339d4ba7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2391, Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) Act of 2004” on February 4, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on January 21, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 4, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15214
- CBO publication date
- February 4, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2391, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2391
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
169cd715321083dc1ce59bb65a9f7b7f08ba8c96797c08f2bbb63bb4339d4ba7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2391, Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2004” on October 25, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on October 7, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 25, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16151
- CBO publication date
- October 25, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2391, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2391
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
169cd715321083dc1ce59bb65a9f7b7f08ba8c96797c08f2bbb63bb4339d4ba7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2391, Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2004” on October 25, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on October 7, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 25, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16151
- CBO publication date
- October 25, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2391, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2391
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
169cd715321083dc1ce59bb65a9f7b7f08ba8c96797c08f2bbb63bb4339d4ba7
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. 108-425 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 8, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/425
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2391, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2391
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
169cd715321083dc1ce59bb65a9f7b7f08ba8c96797c08f2bbb63bb4339d4ba7
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.2192, which became Public Law 108-453 on 12/10/2004.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2391, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2391
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
169cd715321083dc1ce59bb65a9f7b7f08ba8c96797c08f2bbb63bb4339d4ba7
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2391, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
13 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 13 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Howard Berman (D-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Howard Coble (R-NC), John Conyers (D-MI), J. Forbes (R-VA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Mark Green (R-WI), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Ron Kind (D-WI), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Robert Wexler (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith.
- H.R. 3632 (108th) Intellectual Property Protection and Courts Amendments Act of 2004
- H.R. 1417 (108th) Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004
- H.R. 1303 (108th) To amend the E-Government Act of 2002 with respect to rulemaking authority of the Judicial Conference.
- H.R. 2714 (108th) State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act of 2004
- H.R. 4571 (108th) Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2004
- H.R. 4077 (108th) Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2004
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.