House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-399
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program.
Became law on Oct 30, 2004.
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Gerlach R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2004
- Committee actionJul 21, 2004
- Passed HouseSep 29, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 11, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 19, 2004
- Became lawOct 30, 2004
Latest action: Oct 30, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-399.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4731.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4731, A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program” on August 10, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 10, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15917
- CBO publication date
- August 10, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4731, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4731
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6cfe700a1ff36dfa5bd9a5f35c20d9aa8d740bbba683941c0df3b58e9e951457
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4731, A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the National Estuary Program” on August 10, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 10, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15917
- CBO publication date
- August 10, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4731, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4731
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6cfe700a1ff36dfa5bd9a5f35c20d9aa8d740bbba683941c0df3b58e9e951457
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. 108-678 ↗. 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/678
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4731, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4731
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6cfe700a1ff36dfa5bd9a5f35c20d9aa8d740bbba683941c0df3b58e9e951457
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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.