House concurrent resolution · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Commemorating the Bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2003
- Committee actionJun 11, 2003
- Passed HouseSep 23, 2003 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
Latest action: Sep 24, 2003 — Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Con.Res. 21.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 108-161 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on June 18, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 18, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/161
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 21, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hconres/21
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a91b3bc6b36601891e05d9479c4dadb34cd0471aefcd2dfa8ae402cc723e3276
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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
21 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 6 Democrats
7 of 21 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Richard Baker (R-LA), Marion Berry (D-AR), John Culberson (R-TX), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Wally Herger (R-CA), Kenny Hulshof (R-MO), William Jefferson (D-LA), Christopher John (D-LA), Mark Kennedy (R-MN), Jim McCrery (R-LA), Dennis Moore (D-KS), Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO), Jim Ryun (R-KS), Ike Skelton (D-MO), Victor Snyder (D-AR), John Sullivan (R-OK), Thomas Tancredo (R-CO), W. Tauzin (R-LA), James Walsh (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Vitter.
- H.R. 4470 (108th) To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Lake Pontchartrain Basin…
- H.Res. 26 (108th) Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools.
- H.Res. 492 (108th) Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools.
- H.Con.Res. 166 (108th) Expressing the sense of Congress in support of Buckle Up America Week.
- H.R. 486 (108th) RU-486 Patient Health and Safety Protection Act
- H.Con.Res. 29 (108th) Condemning the designation of Iraq as chair of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament.
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.