House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-347
Belarus Democracy Act of 2004
Became law on Oct 20, 2004.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2003
- Committee actionFeb 25, 2004
- Passed HouseOct 4, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 6, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 12, 2004
- Became lawOct 20, 2004
Latest action: Oct 20, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-347.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 854.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 854, Belarus Democracy Act of 2004” on March 5, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on February 25, 2004 </p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 5, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15352
- CBO publication date
- March 5, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 854, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/854
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
300b697a1bf3b1f2c65c5a4c1ef08e76e319c1e75a25f35142d685956b3fbe90
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 854, Belarus Democracy Act of 2004” on March 5, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on February 25, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 5, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15352
- CBO publication date
- March 5, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 854, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/854
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
300b697a1bf3b1f2c65c5a4c1ef08e76e319c1e75a25f35142d685956b3fbe90
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 854, 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
14 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 14 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), John Shimkus (R-IL), Louise Slaughter (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
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- H.R. 1813 (108th) Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2003
- H.R. 100 (108th) Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
- H.R. 3936 (108th) Veterans Health Programs Improvement Act of 2004
- H.R. 2620 (108th) Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003
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.