House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
To increase the waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants provided to American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2003
- Committee actionMay 7, 2003
- Passed HouseNov 18, 2003 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 14, 2004 — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1189.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1189, A bill to increase the waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants provided to American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or the Commwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes” on May 14, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 7, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 14, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14443
- CBO publication date
- May 14, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1189, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1189
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
367859cde29bcc0d003fa5e57573c3a75df2015a592923ea4096145992e8c95b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1189, A bill to increase the waiver requirement for certain local matching requirements for grants provided to American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or the Commwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes” on May 14, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 7, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 14, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14443
- CBO publication date
- May 14, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1189, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1189
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
367859cde29bcc0d003fa5e57573c3a75df2015a592923ea4096145992e8c95b
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. 108-119 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 20, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 20, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/119
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1189, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1189
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
367859cde29bcc0d003fa5e57573c3a75df2015a592923ea4096145992e8c95b
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1189, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 982 (108th) To clarify the tax treatment of bonds and other obligations issued by the Government of American Samoa.
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- H.R. 1424 (108th) American Samoa Possession Tax Credit Act of 2003
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.