House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Program.
Sponsor: Rep. Wayne Gilchrest R-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2004
- Committee actionJul 21, 2004
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 13, 2004 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 416.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4688.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4688, A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Program” on July 28, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 21, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 28, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15887
- CBO publication date
- July 28, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4688, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4688
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
24235941f0b0f40d51e72ccf64e37319d944f2d91a5139fca49f60f69c224c0c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4688, A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Program” on July 28, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 21, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 28, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15887
- CBO publication date
- July 28, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4688, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4688
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
24235941f0b0f40d51e72ccf64e37319d944f2d91a5139fca49f60f69c224c0c
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. 108-677 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure 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/677
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4688, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4688
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
24235941f0b0f40d51e72ccf64e37319d944f2d91a5139fca49f60f69c224c0c
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4688, 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
17 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 17 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Michael Castle (R-DE), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Phil English (R-PA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), James Moran (D-VA), John Murtha (D-PA), Todd Platts (R-PA), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Edward Schrock (R-VA), Robert Scott (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Curt Weldon (R-PA), Albert Wynn (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Wayne Gilchrest.
- H.R. 3378 (108th) Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004
- H.R. 274 (108th) Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act
- H.R. 273 (108th) Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003
- H.R. 2048 (108th) International Fisheries Reauthorization Act of 2003
- H.R. 4114 (108th) Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 2004
- H.R. 2693 (108th) Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 2004
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.