House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 12, 2004
- Committee actionMay 12, 2004
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 23, 2004 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 427.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4341.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4341, Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act” on July 13, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on May 12, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 13, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15817
- CBO publication date
- July 13, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4341, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4341
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d04663cb877aed672238c2e7be2433ba151f5143e70510f1e0bdf1a5b929a128
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4341, Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act” on July 13, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on May 12, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 13, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15817
- CBO publication date
- July 13, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4341, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4341
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d04663cb877aed672238c2e7be2433ba151f5143e70510f1e0bdf1a5b929a128
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4341, Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act” on September 23, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 15, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 23, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16015
- CBO publication date
- September 23, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4341, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4341
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d04663cb877aed672238c2e7be2433ba151f5143e70510f1e0bdf1a5b929a128
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4341, Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act” on September 23, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 15, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 23, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16015
- CBO publication date
- September 23, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4341, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4341
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d04663cb877aed672238c2e7be2433ba151f5143e70510f1e0bdf1a5b929a128
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 108-672,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 108-672,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 23, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/672
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/672 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4341, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4341
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d04663cb877aed672238c2e7be2433ba151f5143e70510f1e0bdf1a5b929a128
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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
76 cosponsors — 33 Republicans, 43 Democrats
43 of 76 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Thomas Allen (D-ME), Brian Baird (D-WA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Dan Burton (R-IN), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Shelley Capito (R-WV), John Carter (R-TX), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Danny Davis (D-IL), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), John Duncan (R-TN), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Lane Evans (D-IL), Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), Harold Ford (D-TN), Barney Frank (D-MA), Mark Green (R-WI), Jane Harman (D-CA) and 46 more.
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.