Saved history · 2003 and 2004

Laws of the 108th Congress

The 498 public laws in our saved record for the Congress that met from January 3, 2003 to January 3, 2005, with the House and Senate tallies from the official vote files.

498 laws
144 with a recorded vote · 354 passed with no recorded vote

1 passage vote is not checked yet.

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64,456 individual votes saved for this Congress.

Plain-language accounts for laws before January 3, 2025: Not started. A law's page shows the official title, the member votes we have saved and our saved files.

H.R. 4327 · Became law Public Law 108-298

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7450 Natural Bridge Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the “Vitilas `Veto' Reid Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 108-297 · Became law Cape Town Treaty Implementation Act of 2004

To amend title 49, United States Code, to make certain conforming changes to provisions governing the registration of aircraft and the recordation of instruments in order to implement the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment, known as the “Cape Town Treaty”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4222 · Became law Public Law 108-296

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 550 Nebraska Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, as the “Newell George Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 108-295 · Became law SUTA Dumping Prevention Act of 2004

To amend titles III and IV of the Social Security Act to improve the administration of unemployment taxes and benefits.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3340 · Became law Public Law 108-294

To redesignate the facilities of the United States Postal Service located at 7715 and 7748 S. Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, as the “James E. Worsham Post Office” and the “James E. Worsham Carrier Annex Building”, respectively, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 108-293 · Became law Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004

To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2004, to amend various laws administered by the Coast Guard, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 425–1Senate: without objection
H.R. 4380 · Became law Public Law 108-292

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4737 Mile Stretch Drive in Holiday, Florida, as the “Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 108-291 · Became law Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 230th Anniversary of the United States Marine Corps, and to support construction of the Marine Corps Heritage Center.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 108-290 · Became law John Marshall Commemorative Coin Act

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of Chief Justice John Marshall.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 108-289 · Became law Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2004

To provide for the issuance of a coin to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown settlement.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1572 · Became law Public Law 108-288

To designate the United States courthouse located at 100 North Palafox Street in Pensacola, Florida, as the “Winston E. Arnow United States Courthouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 108-287 · Became law Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 410–12Senate 96–0
Public Law 108-286 · Became law United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

To implement the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 314–109Senate 80–16
Public Law 108-285 · Became law Helping Hands for Homeownership Act of 2004

To facilitate self-help housing homeownership opportunities.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 368–0Senate: without objection
S.J.Res. 38 · Became law Public Law 108-284

Providing for the appointment of Eli Broad as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 108-283 · Became law Northern Uganda Crisis Response Act

To require a report on the conflict in Uganda, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 371–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-282 · Became law Minor Use and Minor Species Animal Health Act of 2003

To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with regard to new animal drugs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 1303 · Became law Public Law 108-281

To amend the E-Government Act of 2002 with respect to rulemaking authority of the Judicial Conference.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 108-280 · Became law Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part IV

To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
S. 1167 · Became law Public Law 108-279

To resolve boundary conflicts in Barry and Stone Counties in the State of Missouri.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 108-278 · Became law Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement or contract with Indian tribes meeting certain criteria to carry out projects to protect Indian forest land.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 108-277 · Became law Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004

To amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualified current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 108-276 · Became law Project BioShield Act of 2004

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide protections and countermeasures against chemical, radiological, or nuclear agents that may be used in a terrorist attack against the United States by giving the National Institutes of Health contracting flexibility, infrastructure improvements, and expediting the scientific peer review process, and streamlining the Food and Drug Administration approval process of countermeasures.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 414–2Senate 99–0
Public Law 108-275 · Became law Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act

To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish penalties for aggravated identity theft, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 108-274 · Became law AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004

To extend and modify the trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 2017 · Became law Public Law 108-273

To designate the United States courthouse and post office building located at 93 Atocha Street in Ponce, Puerto Rico, as the “Luis A. Ferre United States Courthouse and Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.J.Res. 97 · Became law Public Law 108-272

Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 372–2Senate 96–1
Public Law 108-271 · Became law GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004

To provide new human capital flexibilities with respect to the GAO, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 382–43Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-270 · Became law Western Shoshone Claims Distribution Act

To provide for the use and distribution of the funds awarded to the Western Shoshone identifiable group under Indian Claims Commission Docket Numbers 326-A-1, 326-A-3, and 326-K, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
S. 1848 · Became law Public Law 108-269

To amend the Bend Pine Nursery Land Conveyance Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to sell the Bend Pine Nursery Administrative Site in the State of Oregon.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4322 · Became law Public Law 108-268

To provide for the transfer of the Nebraska Avenue Naval Complex in the District of Columbia to facilitate the establishment of the headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security, to provide for the acquisition by the Department of the Navy of suitable replacement facilities, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3504 · Became law Public Law 108-267

To amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to redesignate the American Indian Education Foundation as the National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 108-266 · Became law Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004

To assist in the conservation of marine turtles and the nesting habitats of marine turtles in foreign countries.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 108-265 · Became law Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to provide children with increased access to food and nutrition assistance, to simplify program operations and improve program management, to reauthorize child nutrition programs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: without objectionSenate: without objection
Public Law 108-264 · Became law Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenaur Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004

To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to reduce losses to properties for which repetitive flood insurance claim payments have been made.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
Public Law 108-263 · Became law Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part III

To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 418–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-262 · Became law TANF and Related Programs Continuation Act of 2004

To reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program through September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 4299 · Became law Public Law 108-261

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 410 South Jackson Road in Edinburg, Texas, as the “Dr. Miguel A. Nevarez Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 405–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 4176 · Became law Public Law 108-260

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 West Elwood Avenue in Raeford, North Carolina, as the “Bobby Marshall Gentry Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 421–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 4037 · Became law Public Law 108-259

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 475 Kell Farm Drive in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the “Richard G. Wilson Processing and Distribution Facility”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 392–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 3942 · Became law Public Law 108-258

To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7 Commercial Boulevard in Middletown, Rhode Island, as the “Rhode Island Veterans Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 395–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 3939 · Became law Public Law 108-257

To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14-24 Abbott Road in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, as the “Mary Ann Collura Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3917 · Became law Public Law 108-256

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 695 Marconi Boulevard in Copiague, New York, as the “Maxine S. Postal United States Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3855 · Became law Public Law 108-255

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 607 Pershing Drive in Laclede, Missouri, as the “General John J. Pershing Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 389–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 3769 · Became law Public Law 108-254

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 137 East Young High Pike in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the “Ben Atchley Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 383–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 3740 · Became law Public Law 108-253

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 223 South Main Street in Roxboro, North Carolina, as the “Oscar Scott Woody Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 422–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 3733 · Became law Public Law 108-252

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 410 Huston Street in Altamont, Kansas, as the “Myron V. George Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 394–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 3690 · Became law Public Law 108-251

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2 West Main Street in Batavia, New York, as the “Barber Conable Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3538 · Became law Public Law 108-250

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 South Chicago Avenue in Saint Anne, Illinois, as the “Marine Capt. Ryan Beaupre Saint Anne Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
H.R. 3537 · Became law Public Law 108-249

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 185 State Street in Manhattan, Illinois, as the “Army Pvt. Shawn Pahnke Manhattan Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: voice voteSenate: without objection
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