House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
SAFE for America Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2003
- Committee actionSep 30, 2004
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 6, 2004 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 464.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 775.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 775, Security and Fairness Enhancement Act of 2003” on October 27, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 6, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 27, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16160
- CBO publication date
- October 27, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 775, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/775
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
683c4d522352bc5bade602b1d7df8c2580bc1d4bfa6bf704d8c42a196bfa6f7f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 775, Security and Fairness Enhancement Act of 2003” on October 27, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 6, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 27, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16160
- CBO publication date
- October 27, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 775, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/775
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
683c4d522352bc5bade602b1d7df8c2580bc1d4bfa6bf704d8c42a196bfa6f7f
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. 108-747 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 6, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 6, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/747
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 775, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/775
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
683c4d522352bc5bade602b1d7df8c2580bc1d4bfa6bf704d8c42a196bfa6f7f
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 775, 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
55 cosponsors — 50 Republicans, 5 Democrats
6 of 55 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), J. Barrett (R-SC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Max Burns (R-GA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Brad Carson (D-OK), John Carter (R-TX), Howard Coble (R-NC), John Culberson (R-TX), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Nathan Deal (R-GA), John Duncan (R-TN), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Tom Feeney (R-FL), J. Forbes (R-VA), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Sam Graves (R-MO) and 25 more.
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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.