House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 13, 2003
- Committee actionMay 21, 2003
- Passed HouseOct 1, 2003 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 2, 2003 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1276.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1276, American Dream Downpayment Act” on May 23, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 21, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 23, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14475
- CBO publication date
- May 23, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1276, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1276
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
93aaec15847ae4c432cb258528687681f3c1f91f2918b76a31513bcc8469990d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1276, American Dream Downpayment Act” on May 23, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 21, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 23, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14475
- CBO publication date
- May 23, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1276, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1276
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
93aaec15847ae4c432cb258528687681f3c1f91f2918b76a31513bcc8469990d
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. 108-164 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on June 19, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 19, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/164
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1276, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1276
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
93aaec15847ae4c432cb258528687681f3c1f91f2918b76a31513bcc8469990d
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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S. 811, which became Public Law 108-186 on 12/16/2003.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1276, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1276
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
93aaec15847ae4c432cb258528687681f3c1f91f2918b76a31513bcc8469990d
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1276, 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
95 cosponsors — 69 Republicans, 26 Democrats
27 of 95 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), J. Barrett (R-SC), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Chris Bell (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Jo Bonner (R-AL), John Boozman (R-AR), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Max Burns (R-GA), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Michael Castle (R-DE), Tom Cole (R-OK), James Cooper (D-TN), Artur Davis (D-AL), Jim Davis (D-FL), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and 65 more.
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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.