House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-359
To amend the securities laws to permit church pension plans to be invested in collective trusts.
Became law on Oct 25, 2004.
Sponsor: Rep. Judy Biggert R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 1, 2003
- Committee actionJul 23, 2003
- Passed HouseSep 3, 2003 · 397–0
- Passed SenateOct 1, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesOct 8, 2004
- To the PresidentOct 13, 2004
- Became lawOct 25, 2004
Latest action: Oct 25, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-359.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1533.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1533, A bill to amend the securities laws to permit church pension plans to be invested in collective trusts” on August 27, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 23, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 27, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14722
- CBO publication date
- August 27, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1533, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1533
- 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. 1533, A bill to amend the securities laws to permit church pension plans to be invested in collective trusts” on August 27, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 23, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 27, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14722
- CBO publication date
- August 27, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1533, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1533
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cf0a13c1ec155a7b8e7052f006621cf7a58311b968c3b1deaffcb7b31ac3809e
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. 108-248 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on September 3, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 3, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/248
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1533, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1533
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cf0a13c1ec155a7b8e7052f006621cf7a58311b968c3b1deaffcb7b31ac3809e
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1533, 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
15 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 15 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Artur Davis (D-AL), Harold Ford (D-TN), Barney Frank (D-MA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Walter Jones (R-NC), Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Ron Paul (R-TX), Jim Ryun (R-KS), Robert Scott (D-VA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), John Shimkus (R-IL).
More from the sponsor
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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.