Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2003
- Committee actionSep 22, 2004
- Passed SenateNov 19, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 20, 2004 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 480.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 480, Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2003” on September 28, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on<br /> September 22, 2004</p>”.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/16043
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 480, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/480
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6d6e4db52c515af96a5013ae42d24cd7e8fd18d3a597d96ba1e6aeb92d02b830
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 480, Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2003” on September 28, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 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/16043
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 480, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/480
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6d6e4db52c515af96a5013ae42d24cd7e8fd18d3a597d96ba1e6aeb92d02b830
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. 108-399 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on October 11, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 11, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/399
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 480, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/480
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6d6e4db52c515af96a5013ae42d24cd7e8fd18d3a597d96ba1e6aeb92d02b830
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 480, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
45 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 27 Democrats, 2 independents
17 of 45 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Max Baucus (D-MT), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), John Breaux (D-LA), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Larry Craig (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Edwards (D-NC), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), James Jeffords (I-VT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and 15 more.
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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.