House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-100

Check 21 Act

H.R. 1474Introduced Mar 27, 2003Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Became law on Oct 28, 2003.

Sponsor: Rep. Melissa Hart R-PA

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 27, 2003
Committee actionMay 21, 2003
Passed HouseJun 5, 2003 · 405–0
Passed SenateJun 27, 2003 · by unanimous consent
Resolving differencesOct 1, 2003
To the PresidentOct 23, 2003
Became lawOct 28, 2003

Latest action: Oct 28, 2003 — Became Public Law No: 108-100.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1474.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1474, Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act” on May 30, 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 30, 2003 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14548
CBO publication date
May 30, 2003
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1474, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1474
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1474, Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act” on May 30, 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 30, 2003 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14548
CBO publication date
May 30, 2003
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1474, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1474
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
10488c65e0403bd19cdaac3e43ddf28a336bf680ad4cdb1a5b77e2dc5f295263
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 108-132 ↗; H. Rept. 108-291 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on June 2, 2003.
Source: Congress.gov, reported June 2, 2003 ↗
Evidence
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Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/132
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/291
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1474, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1474
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1474, 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

32 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 13 Democrats

14 of 32 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.

Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), Harold Ford (D-TN), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Katherine Harris (R-FL), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Mark Kennedy (R-MN), Peter King (R-NY), Ken Lucas (D-KY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Dennis Moore (D-KS), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Bob Ney (R-OH), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Deborah Pryce (R-OH), Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX), Mike Ross (D-AR), Ed Royce (R-CA), Pete Sessions (R-TX) and 2 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Melissa Hart.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-4 district

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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.