House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2004
Sponsor: Rep. Phil Gingrey R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 16, 2004
- Committee actionMar 31, 2004
- Passed HouseApr 21, 2004 · 402–14
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 22, 2004 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3970.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3970, Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2004” on April 9, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on April 1, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 9, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15568
- CBO publication date
- April 9, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3970, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4768f87e5962cce560638103e104d48006cfe5fc81159eb2786f423fc9659766
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3970, Green Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2004” on April 9, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on April 1, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 9, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15568
- CBO publication date
- April 9, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3970, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4768f87e5962cce560638103e104d48006cfe5fc81159eb2786f423fc9659766
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. 108-462 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on April 14, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 14, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/462
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3970, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4768f87e5962cce560638103e104d48006cfe5fc81159eb2786f423fc9659766
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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
10 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 10 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Bob Filner (D-CA), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Jim Marshall (D-GA), John McHugh (R-NY), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Rob Simmons (R-CT).
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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.