House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-173
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
Became law on Dec 8, 2003.
Sponsor: Rep. J. Hastert R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2003
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJun 27, 2003 · 216–215
- Passed SenateJul 7, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesNov 21, 2003
- To the PresidentDec 7, 2003
- Became lawDec 8, 2003
Latest action: Dec 8, 2003 — Became Public Law No: 108-173.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003” on June 25, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced by the Committee on Rules on June 25, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14582
- CBO publication date
- June 25, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c54792145f6c222e248e40468479aee1a12ef57f462fa29c635637ab2086465b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003” on June 25, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced by the Committee on Rules on June 25, 2003.</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14582
- CBO publication date
- June 25, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c54792145f6c222e248e40468479aee1a12ef57f462fa29c635637ab2086465b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1, Medicare and Prescription Drug Moderization Act of 2003” on June 26, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the democratic amendment to H.R. 1.</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14581
- CBO publication date
- June 26, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c54792145f6c222e248e40468479aee1a12ef57f462fa29c635637ab2086465b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1, Medicare and Prescription Drug Moderization Act of 2003” on June 26, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the democratic amendment to H.R. 1”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14581
- CBO publication date
- June 26, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c54792145f6c222e248e40468479aee1a12ef57f462fa29c635637ab2086465b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003” on July 22, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on June 27, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 22, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14637
- CBO publication date
- July 22, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c54792145f6c222e248e40468479aee1a12ef57f462fa29c635637ab2086465b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003” on July 22, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on June 27, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 22, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14637
- CBO publication date
- July 22, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c54792145f6c222e248e40468479aee1a12ef57f462fa29c635637ab2086465b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003” on November 20, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill conference agreement”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 20, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15002
- CBO publication date
- November 20, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c54792145f6c222e248e40468479aee1a12ef57f462fa29c635637ab2086465b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003” on November 20, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill conference agreement</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 20, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15002
- CBO publication date
- November 20, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c54792145f6c222e248e40468479aee1a12ef57f462fa29c635637ab2086465b
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. 108-391 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/391
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c54792145f6c222e248e40468479aee1a12ef57f462fa29c635637ab2086465b
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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
20 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 20 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.
Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Max Burns (R-GA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Ernest Fletcher (R-KY), Porter Goss (R-FL), Sam Graves (R-MO), Nancy Johnson (R-CT), Jim McCrery (R-LA), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Deborah Pryce (R-OH), Rob Simmons (R-CT), John Sullivan (R-OK), W. Tauzin (R-LA), William Thomas (R-CA).
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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.