Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law

Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2004

S. 2686Introduced Jul 19, 2004Policy area: Labor and Employment

Sponsor: Sen. Michael Enzi R-WY

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Where it went

IntroducedJul 19, 2004
Committee actionSep 22, 2004
Passed Senate—
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 4, 2004 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 759.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2686.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2686, Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Imrovement Act of 2004” on September 28, 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, September 28, 2004 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16034
CBO publication date
September 28, 2004
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2686, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2686
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2686, Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Imrovement Act of 2004” on September 28, 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, September 28, 2004 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16034
CBO publication date
September 28, 2004
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2686, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2686
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 108-384 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on October 4, 2004.
Source: Congress.gov, reported October 4, 2004 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 2686, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2686
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 21, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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

15 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 8 Democrats, 1 independent

9 of 15 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.

Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), James Jeffords (I-VT), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Patty Murray (D-WA), John Reed (D-RI), Harry Reid (D-NV), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Jeff Sessions (R-AL).

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Michael Enzi.

Sponsor’s state and district

Wyoming in Congress

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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.