Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2004
- Committee actionJul 22, 2004
- Passed SenateDec 8, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 8, 2004 — Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2603.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2603, Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2004” on August 4, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 22, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 4, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15910
- CBO publication date
- August 4, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2603, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2603
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fee8d8cf81c5d1a406ca95a66c162cd796895a258204aede5635395269fa8ad4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2603, Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2004” on August 4, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 22, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 4, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15910
- CBO publication date
- August 4, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2603, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2603
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fee8d8cf81c5d1a406ca95a66c162cd796895a258204aede5635395269fa8ad4
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. 108-381 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on September 28, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 28, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/381
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2603, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2603
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fee8d8cf81c5d1a406ca95a66c162cd796895a258204aede5635395269fa8ad4
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2603, 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
14 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 14 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
George Allen (R-VA), John Breaux (D-LA), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Larry Craig (R-ID), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Chester Lott (R-MS), Clarence Nelson (D-FL), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Theodore Stevens (R-AK), John Sununu (R-NH).
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.