House joint resolution · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-188
Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003
Became law on Dec 17, 2003.
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Leach R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 8, 2003
- Committee actionJul 23, 2003
- Passed HouseOct 28, 2003 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 6, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesNov 20, 2003
- To the PresidentDec 5, 2003
- Became lawDec 17, 2003
Latest action: Dec 17, 2003 — Became Public Law No: 108-188.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 63.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 63, Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003” on September 15, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 4, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14765
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 63, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hjres/63
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
29bb2dd8aab4cab1ee93c9dda017aa128719b5958263f23b796d479608808ecc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 63, Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003” on September 15, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on International Relations on September 4, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14729
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 63, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hjres/63
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
29bb2dd8aab4cab1ee93c9dda017aa128719b5958263f23b796d479608808ecc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 63, Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003” on September 15, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 10, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14763
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 63, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hjres/63
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
29bb2dd8aab4cab1ee93c9dda017aa128719b5958263f23b796d479608808ecc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 63, Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003” on September 15, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 4, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14765
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 63, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hjres/63
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
29bb2dd8aab4cab1ee93c9dda017aa128719b5958263f23b796d479608808ecc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 63, Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003” on September 15, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on International Relations on September 4, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14729
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 63, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hjres/63
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
29bb2dd8aab4cab1ee93c9dda017aa128719b5958263f23b796d479608808ecc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 63, Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003” on September 15, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 10, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14763
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 63, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hjres/63
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
29bb2dd8aab4cab1ee93c9dda017aa128719b5958263f23b796d479608808ecc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 63, Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003” on December 4, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on November 20, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 4, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15073
- CBO publication date
- December 4, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 63, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hjres/63
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
29bb2dd8aab4cab1ee93c9dda017aa128719b5958263f23b796d479608808ecc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 63, Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003” on December 4, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on November 20, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 4, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15073
- CBO publication date
- December 4, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 63, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hjres/63
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
29bb2dd8aab4cab1ee93c9dda017aa128719b5958263f23b796d479608808ecc
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 3 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 108-262,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 108-262,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 108-262,Part 3 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/262
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/262
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/262 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 63, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hjres/63
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
29bb2dd8aab4cab1ee93c9dda017aa128719b5958263f23b796d479608808ecc
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.
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.J.Res. 63, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Richard Pombo (R-CA), Nick Rahall (D-WV).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Leach.
- H.R. 4011 (108th) North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004
- H.Con.Res. 44 (108th) To express support for the celebration in 2004 of the 150th anniversary of the Grand Excursion of 1854.
- H.Res. 553 (108th) Electing Members to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 21 (108th) Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act
- H.R. 1614 (108th) HOPE VI Program Reauthorization and Small Community Mainstreet Rejuvenation and Housing Act of 2003
- H.R. 589 (108th) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Commemorative Coin Act
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.