House concurrent resolution · 108th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby.
Sponsor: Rep. Steny Hoyer D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2003
- Committee actionApr 9, 2003
- Passed HouseMay 7, 2003 · 422–0
- Passed SenateMay 8, 2003 · by unanimous consent
Latest action: May 8, 2003 — Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5978)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Con.Res. 53.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H. Con. Res. 53, Authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby” on April 10, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 9, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 10, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14389
- CBO publication date
- April 10, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 53, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hconres/53
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bf6d4605e213c70a84a86413fe5243eaaed293b4fdc5d9d0fe23f72efaa3d620
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H. Con. Res. 53, Authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby” on April 10, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 9, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 10, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14389
- CBO publication date
- April 10, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 53, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hconres/53
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bf6d4605e213c70a84a86413fe5243eaaed293b4fdc5d9d0fe23f72efaa3d620
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: H. Rept. 108-86 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on May 1, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 1, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/86
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 53, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hconres/53
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bf6d4605e213c70a84a86413fe5243eaaed293b4fdc5d9d0fe23f72efaa3d620
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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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
James Moran (D-VA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Frank Wolf (R-VA), Albert Wynn (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steny Hoyer.
- H.Con.Res. 376 (108th) Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby.
- H.Res. 7 (108th) Designating minority membership on the Committee on Rules.
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- H.R. 4585 (108th) Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2004
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.