House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 2003
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 7, 2003
- Committee actionSep 24, 2003
- Passed HouseNov 21, 2003 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 9, 2003 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 135.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 135, Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 2003” on September 30, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 24, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 30, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14792
- CBO publication date
- September 30, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 135, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/135
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 135, Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 2003” on September 30, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 24, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 30, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14792
- CBO publication date
- September 30, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 135, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/135
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ccd0e66e0b6edd9483e07f8258a06e92e19e2c9b24ad3bd3a112d9867692215e
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. 108-309 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 9, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 9, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/309
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 135, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/135
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ccd0e66e0b6edd9483e07f8258a06e92e19e2c9b24ad3bd3a112d9867692215e
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 135, 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
29 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 29 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Max Burns (R-GA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), John Doolittle (R-CA), John Duncan (R-TN), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Jim Marshall (D-GA), James McGovern (D-MA), Scott McInnis (R-CO), Gary Miller (R-CA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Charles Norwood (R-GA), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), Rick Renzi (R-AZ), Ed Royce (R-CA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Bill Shuster (R-PA), Charles Stenholm (D-TX).
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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.