House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 24, 2003
- Committee actionNov 19, 2003
- Passed HouseApr 22, 2004 · 306–97
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 26, 2004 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 479.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2844.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2844, Continuity in Representation Act of 2003” on December 1, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Administration on November 19, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 1, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15065
- CBO publication date
- December 1, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2844, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2844
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2560d9fe2daa94ac9f8a93420e35952b0277644f108fb59aa65a3354dec3d38b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2844, Continuity in Representation Act of 2003” on December 1, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Administration on November 19, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 1, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15065
- CBO publication date
- December 1, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2844, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2844
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2560d9fe2daa94ac9f8a93420e35952b0277644f108fb59aa65a3354dec3d38b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2844, Continuity in Representation Act of 2004” on January 23, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Judiciary on January 21, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 23, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15194
- CBO publication date
- January 23, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2844, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2844
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2560d9fe2daa94ac9f8a93420e35952b0277644f108fb59aa65a3354dec3d38b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2844, Continuity in Representation Act of 2004” on January 23, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Judiciary on January 21, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 23, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15194
- CBO publication date
- January 23, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2844, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2844
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2560d9fe2daa94ac9f8a93420e35952b0277644f108fb59aa65a3354dec3d38b
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 108-404,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 108-404,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 28, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/404
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/404 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2844, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2844
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2560d9fe2daa94ac9f8a93420e35952b0277644f108fb59aa65a3354dec3d38b
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2844, 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
9 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Howard Berman (D-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Tom Cole (R-OK), John Conyers (D-MI), Christopher Cox (R-CA), David Dreier (R-CA), Candice Miller (R-MI), Ron Paul (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. F. Sensenbrenner.
- H.R. 5107 (108th) Justice for All Act of 2004
- H.R. 1086 (108th) Standards Development Organization Advancement Act of 2003
- H.R. 1437 (108th) To improve the United States Code.
- H.R. 4417 (108th) To modify certain deadlines pertaining to machine-readable, tamper-resistant entry and exit documents.
- H.R. 16 (108th) To authorize salary adjustments for Justices and judges of the United States for fiscal year 2003.
- H.R. 3349 (108th) To authorize salary adjustments for Justices and judges of the United States for fiscal year 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.