Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Rural Consumer Access to Digital Television Act of 2004
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 13, 2004
- Committee actionJul 22, 2004
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 7, 2004 — By Senator McCain from Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation filed written report. Report No. 108-427.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2644.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2644, Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Rural Consumer Access to Digital Television Act of 2004” on October 21, 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, October 21, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16158
- CBO publication date
- October 21, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2644, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2644
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
aca412d72ba13bbe8144c8923455996921444e7d65b5c89e3d78631f75297b1d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2644, Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Rural Consumer Access to Digital Television Act of 2004” on October 21, 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, October 21, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16158
- CBO publication date
- October 21, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2644, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2644
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
aca412d72ba13bbe8144c8923455996921444e7d65b5c89e3d78631f75297b1d
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. 108-427 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on November 20, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 20, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/427
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2644, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2644
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
aca412d72ba13bbe8144c8923455996921444e7d65b5c89e3d78631f75297b1d
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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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.