House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Access to Rural Physicians Improvement Act of 2004
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 20, 2004
- Committee actionSep 30, 2004
- Passed HouseOct 6, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 7, 2004 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4453.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4453, Access to Rural Physicians Improvement Act of 2004” on October 15, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on October 6, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 15, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16114
- CBO publication date
- October 15, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4453, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4453
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ddec6209e3492b965f4cd23bd01aed812cf73a5849c73682af5d33a945adef1c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4453, Access to Rural Physicians Improvement Act of 2004” on October 15, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on October 6, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 15, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16114
- CBO publication date
- October 15, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4453, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4453
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ddec6209e3492b965f4cd23bd01aed812cf73a5849c73682af5d33a945adef1c
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. 108-730 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 5, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 5, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/730
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4453, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4453
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ddec6209e3492b965f4cd23bd01aed812cf73a5849c73682af5d33a945adef1c
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4453, last updated August 18, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
5 of 5 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Martin Frost (D-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Charles Stenholm (D-TX), Jim Turner (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jerry Moran.
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- H.R. 876 (108th) Local Railroad Rehabilitation and Investment Act of 2003
- H.R. 1675 (108th) Health Care Access and Rural Equity Act of 2003
- H.R. 2333 (108th) Rural Provider Equity Act of 2003
- H.R. 937 (108th) Rural Community Hospital Assistance 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.