House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-396
Truman Farm Home Expansion Act
Became law on Oct 30, 2004.
Sponsor: Rep. Karen McCarthy D-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 15, 2004
- Committee actionSep 15, 2004
- Passed HouseSep 28, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 10, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 19, 2004
- Became lawOct 30, 2004
Latest action: Oct 30, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-396.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4579.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4579, Truman Farm Home Expansion Act” on September 24, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 22, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 24, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16045
- CBO publication date
- September 24, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4579, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4579
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
934b8fb41e66bdf13f91298bcf7881a1584340b3fc475fa5aa9ce25083646bec
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4579, Truman Farm Home Expansion Act” on September 24, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 22, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 24, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16045
- CBO publication date
- September 24, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4579, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4579
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
934b8fb41e66bdf13f91298bcf7881a1584340b3fc475fa5aa9ce25083646bec
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. 108-703 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 28, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 28, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/703
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4579, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4579
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
934b8fb41e66bdf13f91298bcf7881a1584340b3fc475fa5aa9ce25083646bec
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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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Roy Blunt (R-MO), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Kenny Hulshof (R-MO), Ike Skelton (D-MO).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Karen McCarthy.
- H.Con.Res. 34 (108th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that private health insurance companies should take a proactive role in promoting healthy lifestyles…
- H.R. 4736 (108th) Independent Film Small Business Job Creation Act of 2004
- H.Con.Res. 421 (108th) Recognizing the Liberty Memorial Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as "America's National World War I Museum", and for other purposes.
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.