House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2004
Sponsor: Rep. E. Shaw R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2003
- Committee actionJul 21, 2004
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 22, 2004 — House Committee on Judiciary Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 10, 2004.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2971.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2971, Social Security and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2004” on August 18, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 21, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 18, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15926
- CBO publication date
- August 18, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2971, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2971
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d37985fa19d8efa0cefac68ab5a94226a4b3555b1f1e97b572d3f4c7ccee5e76
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2971, Social Security and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2004” on August 18, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 21, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 18, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15926
- CBO publication date
- August 18, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2971, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2971
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d37985fa19d8efa0cefac68ab5a94226a4b3555b1f1e97b572d3f4c7ccee5e76
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. 108-685 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on September 14, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 14, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/685
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2971, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2971
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d37985fa19d8efa0cefac68ab5a94226a4b3555b1f1e97b572d3f4c7ccee5e76
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. 2971, 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
46 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 26 Democrats
26 of 46 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Lois Capps (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), John Duncan (R-TN), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Phil English (R-PA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Mark Foley (R-FL), J. Forbes (R-VA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Doc Hastings (R-WA), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Amo Houghton (R-NY), William Jefferson (D-LA), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Gerald Kleczka (D-WI), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), Sander Levin (D-MI), John Lewis (D-GA) and 16 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. E. Shaw.
- H.R. 743 (108th) Social Security Protection Act of 2004
- H.R. 2264 (108th) Congo Basin Forest Partnership Act of 2004
- H.Con.Res. 273 (108th) Recognizing and congratulating the East Boynton Beach, Florida, Little League team as the 2003 United States Little League Champions.
- H.R. 1634 (108th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements.
- H.R. 2265 (108th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers.
- H.R. 1031 (108th) Haiti Economic Recovery Opportunity Act of 2003
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.