Senate bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-448
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend medicare cost-sharing for the medicare part B premium for qualifying individuals through September 2005.
Became law on Dec 8, 2004.
Sponsor: Sen. Chuck Grassley R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 7, 2004
- Committee actionNov 16, 2004
- Passed SenateNov 16, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseNov 19, 2004 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentNov 29, 2004
- Became lawDec 8, 2004
Latest action: Dec 8, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-448.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2618.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2618, An act to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare cost-sharing for the Medicare Part B premium for qualifying individuals through September 2005” on November 24, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on November 19, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 24, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16188
- CBO publication date
- November 24, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2618, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2618, An act to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare cost-sharing for the Medicare Part B premium for qualifying individuals through September 2005” on November 24, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of direct spending and revenues effects for the bill as cleared by the Congress on November 19, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 24, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16188
- CBO publication date
- November 24, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2618, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2618
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0fdfe11ef3c7b9ac9de65cd72cd286235881ee69ecbb971c7ac1ff418a7fed2c
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2618, 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 — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Max Baucus (D-MT), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Gordon Smith (R-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley.
- S. 1685 (108th) Basic Pilot Program Extension and Expansion Act of 2003
- S. 2864 (108th) Family Farmer Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2004
- S. 2873 (108th) A bill to extend the authority of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa to hold court in Rock Island, Illinois.
- S. 2231 (108th) Welfare Reform Extension Act of 2004
- S. 622 (108th) Dylan Lee James Act
- S. 1637 (108th) Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act
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.