House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Health Programs and Facilities Enhancement Act of 2004
Sponsor: Rep. Rob Simmons R-CTWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 7, 2004
- Committee actionJul 21, 2004
- Passed HouseSep 29, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 30, 2004 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4768.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4768, Veterans Health Programs and Facilities Enhancement Act of 2004” on August 26, 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 26, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15947
- CBO publication date
- August 26, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4768, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4768
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
52e5f2bd1df8695eb358912751e82063bf146461d101983a36e580ca25e8d8bd
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4768, Veterans Health Programs and Facilities Enhancement Act of 2004” on August 26, 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 26, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15947
- CBO publication date
- August 26, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4768, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4768
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
52e5f2bd1df8695eb358912751e82063bf146461d101983a36e580ca25e8d8bd
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. 108-663 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 8, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/663
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4768, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4768
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
52e5f2bd1df8695eb358912751e82063bf146461d101983a36e580ca25e8d8bd
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4768, 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
8 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Lane Evans (D-IL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Michael Turner (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rob Simmons.
- H.R. 1720 (108th) Veterans Health Care Facilities Capital Improvement Act
- H.R. 4231 (108th) Department of Veterans Affairs Nurse Recruitment and Retention Act of 2004
- H.R. 4227 (108th) Middle-Class Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2004
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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.