Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation Act of 2004
Sponsor: Sen. Patrick Leahy D-VTWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 25, 2004
- Committee actionApr 29, 2004
- Passed SenateJun 25, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 4, 2004 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2237.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2237, Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation Act of 2004” on May 20, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 29, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 20, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15663
- CBO publication date
- May 20, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2237, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
07b38ce00d35b008ceca0a32fb1b48900a0725859bd879dd957431a88031da60
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2237, Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation Act of 2004” on May 20, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 29, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 20, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15663
- CBO publication date
- May 20, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2237, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
07b38ce00d35b008ceca0a32fb1b48900a0725859bd879dd957431a88031da60
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 August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2237, last updated August 10, 2026. 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Charles Schumer (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy.
- S. 459 (108th) Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act of 2003
- S. 1947 (108th) Preserving Independence of Financial Institution Examinations Act of 2003
- S. 2435 (108th) Missing Child Cold Case Review Act of 2004
- S. 1433 (108th) Upper Connecticut River Partnership Act
- S. 1642 (108th) A bill to extend the duration of the immigrant investor regional center pilot program for 5 additional years, and for other purposes.
- S. 1499 (108th) A bill to adjust the boundaries of Green Mountain National Forest.
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.