House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 15, 2004
- Committee actionSep 8, 2004
- Passed HouseSep 14, 2004 · 229–174
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 15, 2004 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4571.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4571, Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2004” on September 13, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 8, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 13, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15969
- CBO publication date
- September 13, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4571, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4571
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2ef7e81b0997ecf06a5b391141113bf94419e061803c384b762ca2b37ba6b613
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4571, Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2004” on September 13, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 8, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 13, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15969
- CBO publication date
- September 13, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4571, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4571
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2ef7e81b0997ecf06a5b391141113bf94419e061803c384b762ca2b37ba6b613
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. 108-682 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary 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/682
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4571, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4571
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2ef7e81b0997ecf06a5b391141113bf94419e061803c384b762ca2b37ba6b613
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4571, last updated August 10, 2026. 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
31 cosponsors — 31 Republicans
0 of 31 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chris Chocola (R-IN), John Culberson (R-TX), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Tom Feeney (R-FL), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Mark Green (R-WI), Wally Herger (R-CA), John Hostettler (R-IN), Ric Keller (R-FL), Steve King (R-IA), John Kline (R-MN), Gary Miller (R-CA), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), Charles Norwood (R-GA), Ron Paul (R-TX), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and 1 more.
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. 2391 (108th) Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2004
- H.R. 4077 (108th) Piracy Deterrence and Education 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.