Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to establish an intergovernmental grant program to identify and develop homeland security information, equipment, capabilities, technologies, and services to further the homeland security needs of the United States and to address the homeland security needs of Federal, State, and local governments.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 8, 2004
- Committee actionJul 21, 2004
- Passed SenateNov 21, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 24, 2004 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2635.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2635, A bill to establish an intergovernmental grant program to identify and develop homeland security information, equipment, capabilities, technologies, and services to further the homeland security of the” on August 18, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on July 21, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 18, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15936
- CBO publication date
- August 18, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2635, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2635
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
74bdc18782e7e3235043b8be83a4386a21adbd28219ffb1c714a619b31cafe91
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2635, A bill to establish an intergovernmental grant program to identify and develop homeland security information, equipment, capabilities, technologies, and services to further the homeland security of the” on August 18, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on July 21, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 18, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15936
- CBO publication date
- August 18, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2635, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2635
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
74bdc18782e7e3235043b8be83a4386a21adbd28219ffb1c714a619b31cafe91
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. 108-420 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on November 21, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 21, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/420
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2635, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2635
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
74bdc18782e7e3235043b8be83a4386a21adbd28219ffb1c714a619b31cafe91
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2635, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat, 1 independent
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Norm Coleman (R-MN), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT).
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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.