House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-484
Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004
Became law on Dec 23, 2004.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2004
- Committee actionFeb 25, 2004
- Passed HouseNov 20, 2004 · without objection
- Passed SenateDec 8, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 16, 2004
- Became lawDec 23, 2004
Latest action: Dec 23, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-484.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3818.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3818, Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004” on March 4, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on February 25, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 4, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15341
- CBO publication date
- March 4, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3818, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3818
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2aa1f2dbc55df6f65c0d61eee83c10534b7ef31ee22285ece440f59b91b2db05
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3818, Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004” on March 4, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on February 25, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 4, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15341
- CBO publication date
- March 4, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3818, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3818
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2aa1f2dbc55df6f65c0d61eee83c10534b7ef31ee22285ece440f59b91b2db05
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. 108-459 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on April 2, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 2, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/459
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3818, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3818
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2aa1f2dbc55df6f65c0d61eee83c10534b7ef31ee22285ece440f59b91b2db05
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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
81 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 55 Democrats, 1 independent
56 of 81 cosponsors (69%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Brian Baird (D-WA), Chris Bell (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Howard Berman (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Brad Carson (D-OK), Julia Carson (D-IN), Jim Davis (D-FL), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Chet Edwards (D-TX), Lane Evans (D-IL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Gene Green (D-TX) and 51 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
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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.