House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Marriage Protection Act of 2004
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 16, 2003
- Committee actionJul 14, 2004
- Passed HouseJul 22, 2004 · 233–194
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 7, 2004 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3313.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3313, Marriage Protection Act of 2004” on July 16, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 14, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 16, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15824
- CBO publication date
- July 16, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3313, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3313
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fa1c5246b33714b55254c5db5a7fe3fe77dc3505ddd06d7925dac90ab91965e1
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3313, Marriage Protection Act of 2004” on July 16, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 14, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 16, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15824
- CBO publication date
- July 16, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3313, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3313
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fa1c5246b33714b55254c5db5a7fe3fe77dc3505ddd06d7925dac90ab91965e1
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. 108-614 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 19, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 19, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/614
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3313, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3313
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fa1c5246b33714b55254c5db5a7fe3fe77dc3505ddd06d7925dac90ab91965e1
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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
48 cosponsors — 47 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 48 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), J. Barrett (R-SC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Mac Collins (R-GA), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), James DeMint (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), J. Forbes (R-VA), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Wally Herger (R-CA), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), William Jenkins (R-TN), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Steve King (R-IA), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Ron Lewis (R-KY), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Anne Northup (R-KY) and 18 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3609 (108th) Public Expression of Religion 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.