House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 10, 2003
- Committee actionOct 8, 2004
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 8, 2004 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 475.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2699.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2699, National Uniformity for Food Act of 2004” on October 7, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 30, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 7, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16107
- CBO publication date
- October 7, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2699, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2699
- 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. 2699, National Uniformity for Food Act of 2004” on October 7, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 30, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 7, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16107
- CBO publication date
- October 7, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2699, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2699
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1020f5bc4dbfd57cfb8ed93f3f6bdfefc1ccd8a7b38c315bfbfd925b0ffd5de3
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. 108-770 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 9, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 9, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/770
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2699, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2699
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1020f5bc4dbfd57cfb8ed93f3f6bdfefc1ccd8a7b38c315bfbfd925b0ffd5de3
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2699, last updated April 7, 2025. 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
168 cosponsors — 128 Republicans, 40 Democrats
42 of 168 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Marion Berry (D-AR), Judy Biggert (R-IL), 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), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Max Burns (R-GA), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Dave Camp (R-MI), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Brad Carson (D-OK), John Carter (R-TX) and 138 more.
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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.