House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 13, 2003
- Committee actionMar 27, 2003
- Passed HouseMay 8, 2003 · 220–204
- Passed SenateNov 14, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 3, 2004 — Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House requests a conference.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1261.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1261, Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act of 2003” on April 8, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 26, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 8, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14372
- CBO publication date
- April 8, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1261, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1261
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
35ae9e1c8fcbfbf230a119bd02576477d1f8e9529935a88f41f2f1cf732b5cee
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1261, Workforce Reinvestment and Adult Education Act of 2003” on April 8, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 26, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 8, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14372
- CBO publication date
- April 8, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1261, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1261
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
35ae9e1c8fcbfbf230a119bd02576477d1f8e9529935a88f41f2f1cf732b5cee
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. 108-82 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on May 1, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 1, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/82
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1261, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1261
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
35ae9e1c8fcbfbf230a119bd02576477d1f8e9529935a88f41f2f1cf732b5cee
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1261, last updated March 23, 2026. 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Republicans
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), John Boehner (R-OH), Tom Cole (R-OK), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Charles Norwood (R-GA), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH).
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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.