House joint resolution · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Recognizing the important service to the Nation provided by the Foreign Agricultural Service of the Department of Agriculture on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2003
- Committee actionMay 8, 2003
- Passed HouseJun 25, 2003 · 409–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 2003 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 49.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 49, Recognizing the important service to the nation provided by the Foreign Agricultural Service of the Department of Agriculture on the occasion of its 50th anniversary” on May 22, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on May 8, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 22, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14474
- CBO publication date
- May 22, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 49, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hjres/49
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b3d2cd61c0375cc8fec28fcd94b49f542ae7c9279ee4983bc8fe49accaf95341
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 49, Recognizing the important service to the nation provided by the Foreign Agricultural Service of the Department of Agriculture on the occasion of its 50th anniversary” on May 22, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on May 8, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 22, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14474
- CBO publication date
- May 22, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 49, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hjres/49
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b3d2cd61c0375cc8fec28fcd94b49f542ae7c9279ee4983bc8fe49accaf95341
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. 108-155 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on June 16, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 16, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/155
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 49, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hjres/49
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b3d2cd61c0375cc8fec28fcd94b49f542ae7c9279ee4983bc8fe49accaf95341
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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