House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law

Public Lands Fire Regulations Enforcement Act of 2003

H.R. 1038Introduced Feb 27, 2003Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Tancredo R-CO

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 27, 2003
Committee actionJul 9, 2003
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 15, 2003 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 156.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1038.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1038, Public Lands Fire Regulations Enforcement Act of 2003” on July 15, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 9, 2003</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14622
CBO publication date
July 15, 2003
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1038, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1038
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1038, Public Lands Fire Regulations Enforcement Act of 2003” on July 15, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 9, 2003”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14622
CBO publication date
July 15, 2003
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1038, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1038
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0acfe375cefbc31010cbcf5adb401bef5b5caced05a30325161c0788388f1ec0
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1038, Public Lands Fire Regulations Enforcement Act of 2003” on September 11, 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 11, 2003 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14762
CBO publication date
September 11, 2003
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1038, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1038
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0acfe375cefbc31010cbcf5adb401bef5b5caced05a30325161c0788388f1ec0
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1038, Public Lands Fire Regulations Enforcement Act of 2003” on September 11, 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 11, 2003 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14762
CBO publication date
September 11, 2003
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1038, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1038
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0acfe375cefbc31010cbcf5adb401bef5b5caced05a30325161c0788388f1ec0
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. 108-218,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 108-218,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 108-218,Part 3 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
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committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/218
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/218
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/218
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1038, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1038
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0acfe375cefbc31010cbcf5adb401bef5b5caced05a30325161c0788388f1ec0
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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

11 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 3 Democrats

3 of 11 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.

Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Joel Hefley (R-CO), Scott McInnis (R-CO), Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO), George Radanovich (R-CA), Rick Renzi (R-AZ), Mark Udall (D-CO).

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Tancredo.

Sponsor’s state and district

Colorado in Congress · CO-6 district

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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.