House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-465
Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004
Became law on Dec 21, 2004.
Sponsor: Rep. Doug Ose R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 2, 2003
- Committee actionSep 30, 2004
- Passed HouseOct 7, 2004 · by voice vote
- 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: 108-465.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3242.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3242, Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004” on October 6, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on September 30, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16067
- CBO publication date
- October 6, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3242, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3242
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3df4fe662ae0d15cc80bdce33423509e0c134117a3c3810d5ba5c943ab379a12
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3242, Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004” on October 6, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on September 30, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16067
- CBO publication date
- October 6, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3242, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3242
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3df4fe662ae0d15cc80bdce33423509e0c134117a3c3810d5ba5c943ab379a12
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. 108-750 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on October 7, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 7, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/750
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3242, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3242
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3df4fe662ae0d15cc80bdce33423509e0c134117a3c3810d5ba5c943ab379a12
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3242, 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
122 cosponsors — 43 Republicans, 79 Democrats
79 of 122 cosponsors (65%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Anibal Acevedo-Vila (D-PR), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Howard Berman (D-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Richard Burr (R-NC), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Lois Capps (D-CA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Ed Case (D-HI), James Clyburn (D-SC), Mac Collins (R-GA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), John Dingell (D-MI), Cal Dooley (D-CA), John Doolittle (R-CA), Phil English (R-PA) and 92 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.