Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 30, 2003
- Committee actionSep 22, 2004
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 10, 2004 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 798.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1798.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1798, American Home Fire Safety Act” on October 2, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on September 22, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 2, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16121
- CBO publication date
- October 2, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1798, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1798
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3bfa09985eb9ea12dc125e1edc60c91dd7bee760a98b75cf5e3146eb75f336fc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1798, American Home Fire Safety Act” on October 2, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on September 22, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 2, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16121
- CBO publication date
- October 2, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1798, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1798
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3bfa09985eb9ea12dc125e1edc60c91dd7bee760a98b75cf5e3146eb75f336fc
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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1798, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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 — 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats
3 of 8 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Clarence Nelson (D-FL), John Reed (D-RI), Olympia Snowe (R-ME).
More from the sponsor
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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.