House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-109
National Cemetery Expansion Act of 2003
Became law on Nov 11, 2003.
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Gerlach R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 31, 2003
- Committee actionJun 26, 2003
- Passed HouseJul 21, 2003 · 408–0
- Passed SenateOct 17, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesOct 29, 2003
- To the PresidentOct 30, 2003
- Became lawNov 11, 2003
Latest action: Nov 11, 2003 — Became Public Law No: 108-109.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1516.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1516, National Cemetery Expansion Act of 2003” on July 1, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 26, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 1, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14584
- CBO publication date
- July 1, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1516, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1516
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
474e046b782949a2133f62bd1fee41ffdc80b3b0f6cbc03550b33cdefccf0eaf
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1516, National Cemetery Expansion Act of 2003” on July 1, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 26, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 1, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14584
- CBO publication date
- July 1, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1516, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1516
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
474e046b782949a2133f62bd1fee41ffdc80b3b0f6cbc03550b33cdefccf0eaf
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1516, National Cemetery Expansion Act of 2003” on October 6, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on September 30, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14801
- CBO publication date
- October 6, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1516, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1516
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
474e046b782949a2133f62bd1fee41ffdc80b3b0f6cbc03550b33cdefccf0eaf
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1516, National Cemetery Expansion Act of 2003” on October 6, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on September 30, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14801
- CBO publication date
- October 6, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1516, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1516
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
474e046b782949a2133f62bd1fee41ffdc80b3b0f6cbc03550b33cdefccf0eaf
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: S. Rept. 108-164 ↗; H. Rept. 108-199 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/164
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/199 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1516, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1516
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
474e046b782949a2133f62bd1fee41ffdc80b3b0f6cbc03550b33cdefccf0eaf
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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
22 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 22 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.
Robert Brady (D-PA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Phil English (R-PA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), James Greenwood (R-PA), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Tim Holden (D-PA), Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Tim Murphy (R-PA), John Murtha (D-PA), John Peterson (R-PA), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Todd Platts (R-PA), Don Sherwood (R-PA), Bill Shuster (R-PA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Patrick Toomey (R-PA), Curt Weldon (R-PA), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
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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.