House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program from fiscal year 2005 to 2010.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 1, 2004
- Committee actionJul 21, 2004
- Passed HouseOct 7, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 8, 2004 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4470.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4470, A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program from fiscal year 2005 to 2010” on July 27, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 21, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 27, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15884
- CBO publication date
- July 27, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4470, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4470
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8a3af8f7758c413d9a9d0746efba268667b401af9dfe1afc5bfaf2eee8cb1314
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4470, A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program from fiscal year 2005 to 2010” on July 27, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 21, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 27, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15884
- CBO publication date
- July 27, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4470, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4470
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8a3af8f7758c413d9a9d0746efba268667b401af9dfe1afc5bfaf2eee8cb1314
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. 108-676 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on September 13, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 13, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/676
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4470, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4470
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8a3af8f7758c413d9a9d0746efba268667b401af9dfe1afc5bfaf2eee8cb1314
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4470, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Richard Baker (R-LA), William Jefferson (D-LA), W. Tauzin (R-LA).
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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.