House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-81
Museum and Library Services Act of 2003
Became law on Sep 25, 2003.
Sponsor: Rep. Peter Hoekstra R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 7, 2003
- Committee actionFeb 13, 2003
- Passed HouseMar 6, 2003 · 416–2
- Passed SenateAug 1, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesSep 16, 2003
- To the PresidentSep 22, 2003
- Became lawSep 25, 2003
Latest action: Sep 25, 2003 — Became Public Law No: 108-81.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 13.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 13, Museum and Libary Services Act of 2003” on February 24, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14286
- CBO publication date
- February 24, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 13, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/13
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0bea6d910821a4b398b852c62137a92bb78dabdd736370a40afba2532c75b202
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 13, Museum and Libary Services Act of 2003” on February 24, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14286
- CBO publication date
- February 24, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 13, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/13
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0bea6d910821a4b398b852c62137a92bb78dabdd736370a40afba2532c75b202
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 13, Museum and Library Services Act of 2003” on September 23, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by Congress on September 16, 2003.</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 23, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14774
- CBO publication date
- September 23, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 13, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/13
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0bea6d910821a4b398b852c62137a92bb78dabdd736370a40afba2532c75b202
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 13, Museum and Library Services Act of 2003” on September 23, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by Congress on September 16, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 23, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14774
- CBO publication date
- September 23, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 13, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/13
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0bea6d910821a4b398b852c62137a92bb78dabdd736370a40afba2532c75b202
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. 108-16 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on February 25, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 25, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/16
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 13, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/13
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0bea6d910821a4b398b852c62137a92bb78dabdd736370a40afba2532c75b202
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. 13, last updated July 21, 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
126 cosponsors — 47 Republicans, 78 Democrats, 1 independent
80 of 126 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Charles Bass (R-NH), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Chris Bell (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), John Boehner (R-OH), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Michael Castle (R-DE), James Clyburn (D-SC), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), James DeMint (R-SC), Cal Dooley (D-CA), John Doolittle (R-CA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), David Dreier (R-CA), John Duncan (R-TN) and 96 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Peter Hoekstra.
- H.R. 1829 (108th) Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2003
- H.R. 14 (108th) Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003
- H.R. 3076 (108th) Graduate Opportunities in Higher Education Act of 2003
- H.R. 3077 (108th) International Studies in Higher Education Act of 2003
- H.Res. 300 (108th) Recognizing the outstanding contributions of the faculty, staff, students, and alumni of Christian colleges and universities.
- H.Res. 498 (108th) Congratulating the Grand Valley State University Lakers football team for winning the 2003 National Collegiate Athletic Association…
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.