Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Thrift Savings Plan Open Elections Act of 2004
Sponsor: Sen. Susan Collins R-MEWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2004
- Committee actionJun 2, 2004
- Passed SenateJul 16, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 19, 2004 — Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2479.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2479, Thrift Savings Plan Open Elections Act of 2004” on June 17, 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 17, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15738
- CBO publication date
- June 17, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2479, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2479
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c54b1612511fa802ef78f631c8b7314476b0f05c4e8165ed71fe9b6c7789876c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2479, Thrift Savings Plan Open Elections Act of 2004” on June 17, 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 17, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15738
- CBO publication date
- June 17, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2479, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2479
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c54b1612511fa802ef78f631c8b7314476b0f05c4e8165ed71fe9b6c7789876c
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. 108-290 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on June 25, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 25, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/290
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2479, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2479
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c54b1612511fa802ef78f631c8b7314476b0f05c4e8165ed71fe9b6c7789876c
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2479, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat, 1 independent
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), George Voinovich (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Susan Collins.
- S. 380 (108th) Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003
- S. 2657 (108th) Federal Employee Dental and Vision Benefits Enhancement Act of 2004
- S. 2845 (108th) Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
- S.J.Res. 18 (108th) A joint resolution commending the Inspectors General for their efforts to prevent and detect waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and…
- S. 1741 (108th) National Women's History Museum Act of 2003
- S. 1612 (108th) Homeland Security Technology Improvement Act of 2004
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.