Senate bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-445
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Enhancement Act of 2004
Became law on Dec 3, 2004.
Sponsor: Sen. Arlen Specter R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 1, 2004
- Committee actionJul 20, 2004
- Passed SenateOct 5, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseNov 17, 2004 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentNov 22, 2004
- Became lawDec 3, 2004
Latest action: Dec 3, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-445.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2484.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2484, Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Peronnel Enhancement Act of 2004” on August 20, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 20, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 20, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15940
- CBO publication date
- August 20, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2484, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2484
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7e6372816eb7e6156c2c1d7d92d575877cbfe04e58f79e5fb790ee40dafb1478
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2484, Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Peronnel Enhancement Act of 2004” on August 20, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 20, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 20, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15940
- CBO publication date
- August 20, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2484, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2484
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7e6372816eb7e6156c2c1d7d92d575877cbfe04e58f79e5fb790ee40dafb1478
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. 108-357 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 24, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 24, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/357
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2484, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2484
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7e6372816eb7e6156c2c1d7d92d575877cbfe04e58f79e5fb790ee40dafb1478
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Arlen Specter.
- S. 2486 (108th) Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004
- S. 1156 (108th) Veterans Health Care, Capital Asset, and Business Improvement Act of 2003
- S. 2043 (108th) A bill to designate a Federal building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as the "Ronald Reagan Federal Building".
- S. 1132 (108th) Veterans' Benefits Enhancements Act of 2003
- S. 1852 (108th) A bill to provide financial assistance for the rehabilitation of the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania…
- S.Res. 155 (108th) A resolution protecting social security beneficiaries from cola cuts.
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.