House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Servicemembers and Veterans Legal Protections Act of 2004
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 23, 2004
- Committee actionJul 21, 2004
- Passed HouseOct 7, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 7, 2004 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4658.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4658, Servicemembers and Veterans Legal Protections Act of 2004” on August 24, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 21, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 24, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15946
- CBO publication date
- August 24, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4658, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4658
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
97965062bbfe1bcb440672e2232dd1fbb83ef58cd57252619a8f18b1ac0c0501
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4658, Servicemembers and Veterans Legal Protections Act of 2004” on August 24, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 21, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 24, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15946
- CBO publication date
- August 24, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4658, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4658
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
97965062bbfe1bcb440672e2232dd1fbb83ef58cd57252619a8f18b1ac0c0501
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. 108-683 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs 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/683
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4658, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4658
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
97965062bbfe1bcb440672e2232dd1fbb83ef58cd57252619a8f18b1ac0c0501
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4658, 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
13 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 12 Democrats
12 of 13 cosponsors (92%) are from the other party.
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Tim Holden (D-PA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Ted Strickland (D-OH), David Vitter (R-LA).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
- H.R. 3818 (108th) Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004
- H.R. 192 (108th) To amend the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase assistance for the poorest…
- H.R. 1813 (108th) Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2003
- H.R. 100 (108th) Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
- H.R. 3936 (108th) Veterans Health Programs Improvement Act of 2004
- H.R. 2620 (108th) Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003
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.