House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 2, 2004
- Committee actionMar 3, 2004
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 16, 2004 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 253.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3872.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3872, Consumer Access to Information Act of 2004” on March 11, 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 11, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15358
- CBO publication date
- March 11, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3872, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3872
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b158bf446dc52dc39cc5c111bbe7fc42917003faa191869ee7c152360138513b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3872, Consumer Access to Information Act of 2004” on March 11, 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 11, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15358
- CBO publication date
- March 11, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3872, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3872
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b158bf446dc52dc39cc5c111bbe7fc42917003faa191869ee7c152360138513b
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. 108-437 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 16, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 16, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/437
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3872, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3872
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b158bf446dc52dc39cc5c111bbe7fc42917003faa191869ee7c152360138513b
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3872, 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
18 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 13 Democrats
13 of 18 cosponsors (72%) are from the other party.
Rick Boucher (D-VA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Gene Green (D-TX), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Karen McCarthy (D-MO), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), John Shadegg (R-AZ), Hilda Solis (D-CA), Lee Terry (R-NE), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Fred Upton (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cliff Stearns.
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- H.R. 1036 (108th) Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act
- H.Con.Res. 6 (108th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month.
- H.R. 3143 (108th) International Consumer Protection Act of 2004
- H.R. 195 (108th) Informed Choice Act
- H.Res. 233 (108th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to pregnancy resource centers.
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.