House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law

Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act

H.R. 1081Introduced Mar 5, 2003Policy area: Water Resources Development

Sponsor: Rep. Vernon Ehlers R-MI

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 5, 2003
Committee actionJun 4, 2003
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Apr 2, 2004 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 263.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1081.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1081, Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act” on June 18, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on June 4, 2003</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 18, 2003 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14533
CBO publication date
June 18, 2003
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1081, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1081
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. 1081, Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act” on June 18, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on June 4, 2003”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 18, 2003 ↗
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14533
CBO publication date
June 18, 2003
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1081, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1081
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2297d4f1eeb1ccc2d13e699a5f1981eedaa2208f5569e2c939b9ae81e46211af
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 108-324 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on October 20, 2003.
Source: Congress.gov, reported October 20, 2003 ↗
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/324
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1081, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1081
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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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

88 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 60 Democrats

60 of 88 cosponsors (68%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Howard Berman (D-CA), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Lois Capps (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Ed Case (D-HI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Norman Dicks (D-WA), John Dingell (D-MI), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Phil English (R-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Sam Farr (D-CA) and 58 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vernon Ehlers.

Sponsor’s state and district

Michigan in Congress · MI-3 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.