House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-286

United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

H.R. 4759Introduced Jul 6, 2004Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Became law on Aug 3, 2004.

Sponsor: Rep. Tom DeLay R-TX

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Where it went

IntroducedJul 6, 2004
Committee actionJul 8, 2004
Passed HouseJul 14, 2004 · 314–109
Passed SenateJul 15, 2004 · 80–16
To the PresidentJul 28, 2004
Became lawAug 3, 2004

Latest action: Aug 3, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-286.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4759.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4759, A bill to implement the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement” on July 12, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 8, 2004</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 12, 2004 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15819
CBO publication date
July 12, 2004
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4759, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4759
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4759, A bill to implement the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement” on July 12, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 8, 2004”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 12, 2004 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15819
CBO publication date
July 12, 2004
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4759, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4759
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
affa86f0a008caf5f5a692e2b73a992792e666f0d9da8532ae17a6418f71ac4b
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4759, An act to implement the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement” on July 30, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 15, 2004</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 30, 2004 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15932
CBO publication date
July 30, 2004
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4759, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4759
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
affa86f0a008caf5f5a692e2b73a992792e666f0d9da8532ae17a6418f71ac4b
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4759, An act to implement the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement” on July 30, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 15, 2004”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 30, 2004 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15932
CBO publication date
July 30, 2004
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4759, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4759
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
affa86f0a008caf5f5a692e2b73a992792e666f0d9da8532ae17a6418f71ac4b
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 108-597 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on July 13, 2004.
Source: Congress.gov, reported July 13, 2004 ↗
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Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/597
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4759, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4759
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
affa86f0a008caf5f5a692e2b73a992792e666f0d9da8532ae17a6418f71ac4b
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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.

Charles Rangel (D-NY).

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom DeLay.

Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress · TX-22 district

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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.