House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Child Nutrition Improvement and Integrity Act
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Castle R-DEWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 2, 2004
- Committee actionMar 10, 2004
- Passed HouseMar 24, 2004 · 419–5
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 25, 2004 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3873.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3873, Child Nutrition Improvement and Integrity Act” on March 23, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 10, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 23, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15447
- CBO publication date
- March 23, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3873, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3873, Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute for H.R. 3873, Child Nutrition Improvement and Integrity Act” on March 23, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as provided to CBO on March 23, 2004.</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 23, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15448
- CBO publication date
- March 23, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3873, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de1b36935938e59c1c51a4c50fa5121c87bf00ffbd484c0a38d6a89cda8b2aba
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3873, Child Nutrition Improvement and Integrity Act” on March 23, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 10, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 23, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15447
- CBO publication date
- March 23, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3873, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de1b36935938e59c1c51a4c50fa5121c87bf00ffbd484c0a38d6a89cda8b2aba
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3873, Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute for H.R. 3873, Child Nutrition Improvement and Integrity Act” on March 23, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as provided to CBO on March 23, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 23, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15448
- CBO publication date
- March 23, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3873, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de1b36935938e59c1c51a4c50fa5121c87bf00ffbd484c0a38d6a89cda8b2aba
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. 108-445 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on March 24, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 24, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/445
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3873, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de1b36935938e59c1c51a4c50fa5121c87bf00ffbd484c0a38d6a89cda8b2aba
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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S. 2507, which became Public Law 108-265 on 6/30/2004.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3873, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
de1b36935938e59c1c51a4c50fa5121c87bf00ffbd484c0a38d6a89cda8b2aba
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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
49 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 30 Democrats
30 of 49 cosponsors (61%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Judy Biggert (R-IL), John Boehner (R-OH), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), John Carter (R-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Susan Davis (D-CA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Bob Filner (D-CA), James Greenwood (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), William Jefferson (D-LA), Ric Keller (R-FL), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Ron Kind (D-WI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Denise Majette (D-GA), Jim Marshall (D-GA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA) and 19 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Castle.
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- H.R. 3204 (108th) Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 3232 (108th) To reauthorize certain school lunch and child nutrition programs through March 31, 2004.
- H.R. 1787 (108th) Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance Act of 2004
- H.R. 2210 (108th) School Readiness Act of 2003
- H.Con.Res. 355 (108th) Congratulating the University of Delaware men's football team for winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association I-AA national…
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.