Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 23, 2004
- Committee actionDec 8, 2004
- Passed SenateDec 8, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 8, 2004 — Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S12028-12029)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2227.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.3632, which became Public Law 108-482 on 12/23/2004.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2227, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2227
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
George Allen (R-VA), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Patty Murray (D-WA), E. Nelson (D-NE), Gordon Smith (R-OR).
More from the sponsor
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- S.Res. 407 (108th) A resolution designating October 15, 2004, as "National Mammography Day".
- S. 205 (108th) Iraqi Scientists Immigration 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.