House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 21, 2004
- Committee actionMar 3, 2004
- Passed HouseMar 11, 2004 · 391–22
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 26, 2004 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 464.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3717.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3717, Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004” on March 8, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 3, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 8, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15349
- CBO publication date
- March 8, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3717, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3717
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1c8f20e61f345a67ca82e9cf096f013790aa4f41563fb0e3f1a39940d145b625
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3717, Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004” on March 8, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 3, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 8, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15349
- CBO publication date
- March 8, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3717, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3717
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1c8f20e61f345a67ca82e9cf096f013790aa4f41563fb0e3f1a39940d145b625
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. 108-434 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 9, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 9, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/434
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3717, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3717
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1c8f20e61f345a67ca82e9cf096f013790aa4f41563fb0e3f1a39940d145b625
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3717, 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
145 cosponsors — 110 Republicans, 35 Democrats
35 of 145 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), J. Barrett (R-SC), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Marion Berry (D-AR), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Richard Burr (R-NC), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Julia Carson (D-IN), John Carter (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), Mac Collins (R-GA), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Barbara Cubin (R-WY) and 115 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.