House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
To extend the authority for the construction of a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr., in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Diane Watson D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2003
- Committee actionJun 11, 2003
- Passed HouseSep 23, 2003 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 24, 2003 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1209.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1209, A bill to extend the authority for the construction of a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr., in the District of Columbia” on June 16, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on June 11, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14534
- CBO publication date
- June 16, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1209, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1209
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec1bce65de4cc362860e224fad562ef9924073cc3ce118c68a6f22d6f79ea045
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1209, A bill to extend the authority for the construction of a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr., in the District of Columbia” on June 16, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on June 11, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14534
- CBO publication date
- June 16, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1209, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1209
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec1bce65de4cc362860e224fad562ef9924073cc3ce118c68a6f22d6f79ea045
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. 108-203 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 14, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 14, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/203
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1209, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1209
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec1bce65de4cc362860e224fad562ef9924073cc3ce118c68a6f22d6f79ea045
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S. 470, which became Public Law 108-125 on 11/11/2003.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1209, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1209
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec1bce65de4cc362860e224fad562ef9924073cc3ce118c68a6f22d6f79ea045
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1209, 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
83 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 79 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 83 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), James Cooper (D-TN), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Artur Davis (D-AL), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Harold Ford (D-TN), Martin Frost (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Rush Holt (D-NJ) and 53 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Con.Res. 357 (108th) Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Dorothy Height.
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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.