House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-364
Assistive Technology Act of 2004
Became law on Oct 25, 2004.
Sponsor: Rep. Howard McKeon R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 5, 2004
- Committee actionMay 19, 2004
- Passed HouseJun 14, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 30, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesOct 8, 2004
- To the PresidentOct 13, 2004
- Became lawOct 25, 2004
Latest action: Oct 25, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-364.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4278.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4278, Improving Access to Assistive Technology for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004” on May 27, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on May 19, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 27, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15671
- CBO publication date
- May 27, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4278, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4278
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a6a622505797e82c99ac4d8ed7c39ff1274d43fa3fda3f1d41dbf0c6e72c47e6
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4278, Improving Access to Assistive Technology for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004” on May 27, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on May 19, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 27, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15671
- CBO publication date
- May 27, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4278, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4278
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a6a622505797e82c99ac4d8ed7c39ff1274d43fa3fda3f1d41dbf0c6e72c47e6
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. 108-514 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on June 1, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 1, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/514
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4278, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4278
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a6a622505797e82c99ac4d8ed7c39ff1274d43fa3fda3f1d41dbf0c6e72c47e6
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. 4278, last updated March 23, 2026. 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
25 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 15 Democrats, 1 independent
16 of 25 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Cass Ballenger (R-NC), John Boehner (R-OH), Max Burns (R-GA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Martin Frost (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Ric Keller (R-FL), Dale Kildee (D-MI), James Langevin (D-RI), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Major Owens (D-NY), Tom Petri (R-WI), David Price (D-NC), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Howard McKeon.
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- H.R. 1261 (108th) Workforce Investment Act Amendments of 2003
- H.R. 594 (108th) Social Security Fairness Act of 2003
- H.Con.Res. 93 (108th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should renegotiate the extradition treaty with Mexico so that the possibility of…
- H.R. 12 (108th) Fed Up Higher Education Technical Amendments 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.