Senate bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-498
A bill to limit the transfer of certain Commodity Credit Coporation funds between conservation programs for technical assistance for the programs.
Became law on Dec 23, 2004.
Sponsor: Sen. Thad Cochran R-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 28, 2004
- Committee actionOct 11, 2004
- Passed SenateOct 11, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseDec 6, 2004 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentDec 15, 2004
- Became lawDec 23, 2004
Latest action: Dec 23, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-498.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2856.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2856, An act to limit the transfer of certain Commodity Credit Corporation funds between conservation programs for technical assistance for the programs” on December 9, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 6, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 9, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16198
- CBO publication date
- December 9, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2856, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
37c3c68be7bc98005e6f155d608ebc440ea95a5976c629eebb2e2347f53e81c6
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2856, An act to limit the transfer of certain Commodity Credit Corporation funds between conservation programs for technical assistance for the programs” on December 9, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 6, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 9, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/16198
- CBO publication date
- December 9, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2856, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/2856
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
37c3c68be7bc98005e6f155d608ebc440ea95a5976c629eebb2e2347f53e81c6
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. 2856, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- S. 2241 (108th) A bill to reauthorize certain school lunch and child nutrition programs through June 30, 2004.
- S. 2965 (108th) A bill to amend the Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 1999 to modify the termination date for mandatory price reporting.
- S.Res. 106 (108th) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the 50th anniversary of the Foreign Agricultural Service of the Department…
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.