Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 1, 2004
- Committee actionApr 8, 2004
- Passed SenateOct 1, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 4, 2004 — Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2273.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2273, Rail Security Act of 2004” on May 18, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 8, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 18, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15650
- CBO publication date
- May 18, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2273, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2273
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
705c5c76944737db624348ee08be719813852fcefd12a285eba5ad9bb91bd325
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2273, Rail Security Act of 2004” on May 18, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 8, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 18, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15650
- CBO publication date
- May 18, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2273, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2273
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
705c5c76944737db624348ee08be719813852fcefd12a285eba5ad9bb91bd325
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. 108-278 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on May 21, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 21, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/278
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2273, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2273
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
705c5c76944737db624348ee08be719813852fcefd12a285eba5ad9bb91bd325
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2273, 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
19 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 14 Democrats, 1 independent
15 of 19 cosponsors (79%) are from the other party.
Joseph Biden (D-DE), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Olympia Snowe (R-ME).
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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.