House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
W. J. (Billy) Tauzin Satellite Television Act of 2004
Sponsor: Rep. Lamar Smith R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 4, 2004
- Committee actionJul 7, 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. 4518.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4518, Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004” on July 22, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 7, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 22, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15859
- CBO publication date
- July 22, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4518, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4518
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
caaf463197a97e84f3d24add9dcb9c227f2d0611690686d8f10a838f1b4763f7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4518, Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004” on July 22, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 7, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 22, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15859
- CBO publication date
- July 22, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4518, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4518
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
caaf463197a97e84f3d24add9dcb9c227f2d0611690686d8f10a838f1b4763f7
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. 108-660 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 7, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 7, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/660
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4518, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4518
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
caaf463197a97e84f3d24add9dcb9c227f2d0611690686d8f10a838f1b4763f7
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4518, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith.
- H.R. 3632 (108th) Intellectual Property Protection and Courts Amendments Act of 2004
- H.R. 1417 (108th) Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004
- H.R. 1303 (108th) To amend the E-Government Act of 2002 with respect to rulemaking authority of the Judicial Conference.
- H.R. 2714 (108th) State Justice Institute Reauthorization Act of 2004
- H.R. 4571 (108th) Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2004
- H.R. 2391 (108th) Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2004
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.