House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-464
Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin Act
Became law on Dec 21, 2004.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Castle R-DEWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 30, 2003
- Committee actionNov 17, 2004
- Passed HouseNov 17, 2004 · without objection
- Passed SenateDec 7, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 10, 2004
- Became lawDec 21, 2004
Latest action: Dec 21, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-464.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3204.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3204, The Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin Act” on December 10, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 7, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 10, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16200
- CBO publication date
- December 10, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3204, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3204
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8b57838fad963ece6d5aba2c51f6077e9bd7df6c7790a833165a624f0115442
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3204, The Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin Act” on December 10, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 7, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 10, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16200
- CBO publication date
- December 10, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3204, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3204
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f8b57838fad963ece6d5aba2c51f6077e9bd7df6c7790a833165a624f0115442
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3204, 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
326 cosponsors — 185 Republicans, 140 Democrats, 1 independent
141 of 326 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Frank Ballance (D-NC), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), J. Barrett (R-SC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Charles Bass (R-NH), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA) and 296 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Castle.
- H.R. 1350 (108th) Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
- H.R. 3232 (108th) To reauthorize certain school lunch and child nutrition programs through March 31, 2004.
- H.R. 1787 (108th) Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance Act of 2004
- H.R. 3873 (108th) Child Nutrition Improvement and Integrity Act
- H.R. 2210 (108th) School Readiness Act of 2003
- H.Con.Res. 355 (108th) Congratulating the University of Delaware men's football team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association I-AA national…
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.