Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Emergency Food and Shelter Act of 2004
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 29, 2004
- Committee actionJun 2, 2004
- Passed SenateJul 21, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 3, 2004 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2249.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2249, A bill to amend the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to provide for emergency food and shelter” on June 14, 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 14, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15720
- CBO publication date
- June 14, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2249, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2249
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dd5edc7b56896ef4453d08159bb3ca952c2f810580a86bc727320b1f5001c206
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2249, A bill to amend the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to provide for emergency food and shelter” on June 14, 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 14, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15720
- CBO publication date
- June 14, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2249, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2249
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dd5edc7b56896ef4453d08159bb3ca952c2f810580a86bc727320b1f5001c206
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. 108-308 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 15, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 15, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/308
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2249, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2249
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dd5edc7b56896ef4453d08159bb3ca952c2f810580a86bc727320b1f5001c206
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2249, 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
8 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats, 1 independent
6 of 8 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), 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.