Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
SEARCH Act of 2004
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 19, 2003
- Committee actionJun 2, 2004
- Passed SenateJun 25, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 1, 2004 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1292.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1292, Servitude and Emancipation Archival Research Clearinghouse Act of 2003” on June 7, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on June 2, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 7, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15719
- CBO publication date
- June 7, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1292, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1292
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d80d9e22fcc7716cd0a90f05cfeba4174b4bb1b5d1e2c94c7d99ccf789019e4b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1292, Servitude and Emancipation Archival Research Clearinghouse Act of 2003” on June 7, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on June 2, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 7, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15719
- CBO publication date
- June 7, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1292, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1292
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d80d9e22fcc7716cd0a90f05cfeba4174b4bb1b5d1e2c94c7d99ccf789019e4b
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: S. Rept. 108-282 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on June 21, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 21, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/282
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1292, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1292
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d80d9e22fcc7716cd0a90f05cfeba4174b4bb1b5d1e2c94c7d99ccf789019e4b
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1292, 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
7 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Evan Bayh (D-IN), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL), Carl Levin (D-MI), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), George Voinovich (R-OH).
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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.