House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
International Consumer Protection Act of 2004
Sponsor: Rep. Cliff Stearns R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 23, 2003
- Committee actionOct 1, 2003
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 22, 2004 — House Committee on International Relations 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. 3143.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3143, International Consumer Protection Act of 2003” on October 8, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 1, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 8, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14814
- CBO publication date
- October 8, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3143, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3143
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e7d946ed624c86b2cec18b55f1d59c830022f270b29042e198c30e9de23ddc92
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3143, International Consumer Protection Act of 2003” on October 8, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 1, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 8, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14814
- CBO publication date
- October 8, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3143, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3143
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e7d946ed624c86b2cec18b55f1d59c830022f270b29042e198c30e9de23ddc92
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3143, International Consumer Protection Act of 2004” on October 14, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 30, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 14, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16112
- CBO publication date
- October 14, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3143, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3143
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e7d946ed624c86b2cec18b55f1d59c830022f270b29042e198c30e9de23ddc92
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3143, International Consumer Protection Act of 2004” on October 14, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 30, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 14, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16112
- CBO publication date
- October 14, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3143, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3143
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e7d946ed624c86b2cec18b55f1d59c830022f270b29042e198c30e9de23ddc92
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. 108-635,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 108-635,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 16, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/635
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/635 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3143, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3143
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e7d946ed624c86b2cec18b55f1d59c830022f270b29042e198c30e9de23ddc92
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cliff Stearns.
- H.R. 2023 (108th) Asthmatic Schoolchildren's Treatment and Health Management Act of 2004
- H.R. 1036 (108th) Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act
- H.Con.Res. 6 (108th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month.
- H.R. 3872 (108th) Consumer Access to Information Act of 2004
- H.R. 195 (108th) Informed Choice Act
- H.Res. 233 (108th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to pregnancy resource centers.
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.