House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Assistance for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Developing Countries Act of 2004
Sponsor: Rep. Barbara Lee D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 30, 2004
- Committee actionMar 31, 2004
- Passed HouseJun 14, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 15, 2004 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4061.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4061, Assistance for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Developing Countries Act of 2004” on April 7, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on March 31, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 7, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15563
- CBO publication date
- April 7, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4061, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4061
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
788b440aa34c7fd010c24dcd871691c32f1bc697795401d01fec79ea5c61f05c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4061, Assistance for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Developing Countries Act of 2004” on April 7, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on March 31, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 7, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15563
- CBO publication date
- April 7, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4061, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4061
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
788b440aa34c7fd010c24dcd871691c32f1bc697795401d01fec79ea5c61f05c
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. 108-479 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on May 5, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 5, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/479
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4061, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4061
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
788b440aa34c7fd010c24dcd871691c32f1bc697795401d01fec79ea5c61f05c
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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
85 cosponsors — 30 Republicans, 54 Democrats, 1 independent
30 of 85 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Chris Bell (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dan Burton (R-IN), Julia Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Bob Filner (D-CA), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Mark Green (R-WI), James Greenwood (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Katherine Harris (R-FL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Amo Houghton (R-NY) and 55 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Barbara Lee.
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- H.Res. 237 (108th) Honoring the life and work of Walter Sisulu, a critical leader in the movement to free South Africa of apartheid, on the occasion of his…
- H.R. 4182 (108th) Family Life Education Act
- H.R. 1981 (108th) Public Housing Drug Elimination Program Reauthorization Act of 2003
- H.R. 4792 (108th) New United States Global HIV Prevention Strategy to Address the Needs of Women and Girls Act of 2004
- H.Res. 570 (108th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a Caribbean-American Heritage Month.
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.