House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Making appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Chet Edwards D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 20, 2004
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2004 — Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4423.
- Congress.gov noteOn 10/5/2004, a motion was filed to discharge the Rules Committee from consideration of H.Res.788 a resolution providing for the consideration of H.R.4423. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures for further action. (Discharge Petition No. 108-14: text with signatures.)Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4423, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4423
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
4 cosponsors — 4 Democrats
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Barney Frank (D-MA), James Oberstar (D-MN), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), Steven Rothman (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Chet Edwards.
- H.R. 58 (108th) Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act
- H.R. 3672 (108th) To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, as added by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act…
- H.R. 2569 (108th) Salute to Veterans and the Armed Forces Act of 2003
- H.R. 2126 (108th) Teague Grant Reauthorization Act
- H.R. 5047 (108th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group…
- H.R. 680 (108th) Assistance for Families of Space Shuttle Columbia Heroes Act
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.