House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 16, 2004
- Committee actionMar 17, 2004
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 19, 2004 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 255.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3973.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3973, Spending Control Act of 2004” on March 18, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on March 17, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 18, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15395
- CBO publication date
- March 18, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3973, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3973
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d6da91a29721f4d25e5632217b43ac8e61ffecfe2d880c925f6b52b3381ea01b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3973, Spending Control Act of 2004” on March 18, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on March 17, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 18, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15395
- CBO publication date
- March 18, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3973, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3973
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d6da91a29721f4d25e5632217b43ac8e61ffecfe2d880c925f6b52b3381ea01b
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. 108-442 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Budget Committee on March 20, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 20, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/442
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3973, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3973
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d6da91a29721f4d25e5632217b43ac8e61ffecfe2d880c925f6b52b3381ea01b
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. 3973, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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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.