House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-470
To confirm the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to collect approved State commodity assessments on behalf of the State from the proceeds of marketing assistance loans.
Became law on Dec 21, 2004.
Sponsor: Rep. George Nethercutt R-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 18, 2004
- Committee actionSep 23, 2004
- Passed HouseOct 5, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 7, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 10, 2004
- Became lawDec 21, 2004
Latest action: Dec 21, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-470.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4620.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4620, A bill to confirm the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to collect approved state commodity assessments on behalf of the state from the proceeds of marketing assistance loans” on October 4, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on September 23, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 4, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16060
- CBO publication date
- October 4, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4620, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4620
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1c7eb8356bea81cefd7dad9443699546dafd4ac6bc4020992ef251586b9a6ab3
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4620, A bill to confirm the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to collect approved state commodity assessments on behalf of the state from the proceeds of marketing assistance loans” on October 4, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on September 23, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 4, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16060
- CBO publication date
- October 4, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4620, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4620
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1c7eb8356bea81cefd7dad9443699546dafd4ac6bc4020992ef251586b9a6ab3
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4620, 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
16 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 8 Democrats
8 of 16 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Brad Carson (D-OK), Cal Dooley (D-CA), John Doolittle (R-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Wally Herger (R-CA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Randy Neugebauer (R-TX), C. L. Otter (R-ID), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Richard Pombo (R-CA), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Charles Stenholm (D-TX).
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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.