Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 18, 2003
- Committee actionOct 2, 2003
- Passed SenateMay 11, 2004 · 92–5
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2004 — See also H.R. 4520.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1637.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1637, Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act” on November 6, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on October 2, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 6, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14926
- CBO publication date
- November 6, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1637, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1637
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5ef367cfb407e7da41637681a97d2e70ac246f855b7afb58c6c98843bfa348e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1637, Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act” on November 6, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on October 2, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 6, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14926
- CBO publication date
- November 6, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1637, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1637
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5ef367cfb407e7da41637681a97d2e70ac246f855b7afb58c6c98843bfa348e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1637, Jumpstart Our Business Strength Act” on March 24, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for Senate amendment SA 2916 to S. 1637 as ordered reported by the Committee on Finance</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 24, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15466
- CBO publication date
- March 24, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1637, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1637
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5ef367cfb407e7da41637681a97d2e70ac246f855b7afb58c6c98843bfa348e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1637, Jumpstart Our Business Strength Act” on March 24, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for Senate amendment SA 2916 to S. 1637 as ordered reported by the Committee on Finance”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 24, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15466
- CBO publication date
- March 24, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1637, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1637
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5ef367cfb407e7da41637681a97d2e70ac246f855b7afb58c6c98843bfa348e
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. 108-192 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Finance Committee on April 8, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 8, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/192
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1637, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1637
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5ef367cfb407e7da41637681a97d2e70ac246f855b7afb58c6c98843bfa348e
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.4520, which became Public Law 108-357 on 10/22/2004.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1637, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1637
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5ef367cfb407e7da41637681a97d2e70ac246f855b7afb58c6c98843bfa348e
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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
8 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 8 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Max Baucus (D-MT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Patty Murray (D-WA), Gordon Smith (R-OR).
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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.