House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 31, 2004
- Committee actionSep 8, 2004
- Passed HouseSep 28, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 29, 2004 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4077.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4077, Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2004” on September 24, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 8, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 24, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16018
- CBO publication date
- September 24, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4077, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4077
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fc2fcc09bfbf36b968627e3795a6ebb0c0e240f1d2fbce7e2cbf6f487c7c3b09
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4077, Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2004” on September 24, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 8, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 24, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16018
- CBO publication date
- September 24, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4077, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4077
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fc2fcc09bfbf36b968627e3795a6ebb0c0e240f1d2fbce7e2cbf6f487c7c3b09
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. 108-700 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 24, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 24, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/700
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4077, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4077
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fc2fcc09bfbf36b968627e3795a6ebb0c0e240f1d2fbce7e2cbf6f487c7c3b09
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. 4077, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Howard Berman (D-CA), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Howard Coble (R-NC), John Conyers (D-MI), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Martin Meehan (D-MA), C. L. Otter (R-ID).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith.
- H.R. 3632 (108th) Intellectual Property Protection and Courts Amendments Act of 2004
- H.R. 1417 (108th) Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004
- H.R. 1303 (108th) To amend the E-Government Act of 2002 with respect to rulemaking authority of the Judicial Conference.
- H.R. 2714 (108th) State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act of 2004
- H.R. 4571 (108th) Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2004
- H.R. 2391 (108th) Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2004
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.