Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
CHEER Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 16, 2004
- Committee actionSep 22, 2004
- Passed SenateNov 16, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 1, 2004 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2526.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2526, Children's Hospital Education Equity and Research Act” on October 7, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on September 22, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 7, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16094
- CBO publication date
- October 7, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2526, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2526
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
43490addafbc0677de4b1292cd1553a7f8bcfefd71ec3a4767112de7c710f9a6
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2526, Children's Hospital Education Equity and Research Act” on October 7, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on September 22, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 7, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16094
- CBO publication date
- October 7, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2526, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2526
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
43490addafbc0677de4b1292cd1553a7f8bcfefd71ec3a4767112de7c710f9a6
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. 108-388 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on October 7, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 7, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/388
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2526, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2526
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
43490addafbc0677de4b1292cd1553a7f8bcfefd71ec3a4767112de7c710f9a6
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2526, last updated April 21, 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
24 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 24 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
George Allen (R-VA), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Patty Murray (D-WA), E. Nelson (D-NE), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Jim Talent (R-MO), George Voinovich (R-OH), John Warner (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
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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.