House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
To reclassify fees paid into the Nuclear Waste Fund as offsetting collections, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 2004
- Committee actionJun 24, 2004
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 9, 2004 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 356.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3981.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3981, A bill to reclassify fees paid into the Nuclear Waste Fund as offsetting collections, and for other purposes” on July 8, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 24, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 8, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15801
- CBO publication date
- July 8, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3981, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3981
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b7a23d041dad61ec8709cdbe7b6f8b9f4d1cbe0fcdb90e01813468603de2147
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3981, A bill to reclassify fees paid into the Nuclear Waste Fund as offsetting collections, and for other purposes” on July 8, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 24, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 8, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15801
- CBO publication date
- July 8, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3981, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3981
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b7a23d041dad61ec8709cdbe7b6f8b9f4d1cbe0fcdb90e01813468603de2147
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. 108-594 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 9, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 9, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/594
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3981, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3981
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b7a23d041dad61ec8709cdbe7b6f8b9f4d1cbe0fcdb90e01813468603de2147
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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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jo Bonner (R-AL), Henry Brown (R-SC), Terry Everett (R-AL), Charles Norwood (R-GA), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Mike Rogers (R-AL).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Barton.
- H.R. 4503 (108th) Energy Policy Act of 2004
- H.R. 4517 (108th) United States Refinery Revitalization Act of 2004
- H.R. 1644 (108th) Energy Policy Act of 2003
- H.R. 2735 (108th) Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act of 2003
- H.R. 1220 (108th) Anti-Pyramid Promotional Scheme Act of 2003
- H.R. 999 (108th) Clear Skies Act of 2003
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.