House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-323
To reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.
Became law on Oct 6, 2004.
Sponsor: Rep. Rob Portman R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 23, 2004
- Committee actionJun 24, 2004
- Passed HouseSep 7, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 28, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentSep 30, 2004
- Became lawOct 6, 2004
Latest action: Oct 6, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-323.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4654.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4654, A bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes” on June 28, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on June 24, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 28, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15780
- CBO publication date
- June 28, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4654, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4654
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9cb117c225bec5b54fbd996e2820c4390072890876b7d9bce939dfbcebab56b0
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4654, A bill to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes” on June 28, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on June 24, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 28, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15780
- CBO publication date
- June 28, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4654, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4654
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9cb117c225bec5b54fbd996e2820c4390072890876b7d9bce939dfbcebab56b0
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. 108-603 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on July 14, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 14, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/603
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4654, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4654
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9cb117c225bec5b54fbd996e2820c4390072890876b7d9bce939dfbcebab56b0
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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
33 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 33 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dave Camp (R-MI), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Phil English (R-PA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Harold Ford (D-TN), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), David Hobson (R-OH), Amo Houghton (R-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Jim Leach (R-IA), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), James McGovern (D-MA), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Deborah Pryce (R-OH), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Ed Royce (R-CA), E. Shaw (R-FL), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), John Tanner (D-TN), Ellen Tauscher (D-CA), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.