House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 13, 2003
- Committee actionMay 15, 2003
- Passed HouseMay 22, 2003 · 428–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 22, 2003 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1257.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1257, Selected Reserve Home Loan Equity Act” on April 4, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on March 13, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 4, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14365
- CBO publication date
- April 4, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1257, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1257
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b947eb9544e3ce8b823574791bc2d64ed76d00be226a2250095a8d2c9b349b8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1257, Selected Reserve Home Loan Equity Act” on April 4, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on March 13, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 4, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14365
- CBO publication date
- April 4, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1257, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1257
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b947eb9544e3ce8b823574791bc2d64ed76d00be226a2250095a8d2c9b349b8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1257, Selected Reserve Home Loan Equit Act” on May 19, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 15, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14456
- CBO publication date
- May 19, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1257, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1257
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b947eb9544e3ce8b823574791bc2d64ed76d00be226a2250095a8d2c9b349b8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1257, Selected Reserve Home Loan Equit Act” on May 19, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 15, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14456
- CBO publication date
- May 19, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1257, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1257
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b947eb9544e3ce8b823574791bc2d64ed76d00be226a2250095a8d2c9b349b8
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. 108-107 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 19, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 19, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/107
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1257, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1257
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b947eb9544e3ce8b823574791bc2d64ed76d00be226a2250095a8d2c9b349b8
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1257, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 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
17 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 14 Democrats, 1 independent
2 of 17 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Anibal Acevedo-Vila (D-PR), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Bob Filner (D-CA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Tim Holden (D-PA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Ted Strickland (D-OH), Tom Udall (D-NM), Maxine Waters (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2318 (108th) Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act of 2003
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- H.R. 1713 (108th) Montgomery GI Bill Improvements 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.