House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 16, 2004
- Committee actionJun 24, 2004
- Passed HouseJul 20, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2004 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4600.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4600, Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2004” on July 7, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 24, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 7, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15804
- CBO publication date
- July 7, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4600, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4600
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d0523fbef7d429be9a7e746a4367482870adceabed107b7b526fb51bc4129b71
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4600, Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2004” on July 7, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 24, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 7, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15804
- CBO publication date
- July 7, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4600, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4600
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d0523fbef7d429be9a7e746a4367482870adceabed107b7b526fb51bc4129b71
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. 108-593 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 9, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 9, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/593
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4600, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4600
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d0523fbef7d429be9a7e746a4367482870adceabed107b7b526fb51bc4129b71
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4600, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
41 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 19 Democrats
19 of 41 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
Thomas Allen (D-ME), Joe Barton (R-TX), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Richard Burr (R-NC), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Lois Capps (D-CA), Jim Davis (D-FL), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), John Dingell (D-MI), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Gene Green (D-TX), Christopher John (D-LA), Ray LaHood (R-IL), Ron Lewis (R-KY), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Edward Markey (D-MA), Karen McCarthy (D-MO), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Bob Ney (R-OH), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Mike Rogers (R-MI), Mike Rogers (R-AL) and 11 more.
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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.