House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2003
- Committee actionJul 9, 2003
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 18, 2003 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 121.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1707.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1707, Prison Rape Reduction Act of 2003” on July 17, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judicary on July 9, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 17, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14624
- CBO publication date
- July 17, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1707, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1707
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
52e2075ff83ee94c1d0fa6994f2dfad0e50d2ff64a18b55b184111f4821196fe
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1707, Prison Rape Reduction Act of 2003” on July 17, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judicary on July 9, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 17, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14624
- CBO publication date
- July 17, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1707, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1707
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
52e2075ff83ee94c1d0fa6994f2dfad0e50d2ff64a18b55b184111f4821196fe
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. 108-219 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 18, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 18, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/219
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1707, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1707
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
52e2075ff83ee94c1d0fa6994f2dfad0e50d2ff64a18b55b184111f4821196fe
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S. 1435, which became Public Law 108-79 on 9/4/2003.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1707, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1707
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
52e2075ff83ee94c1d0fa6994f2dfad0e50d2ff64a18b55b184111f4821196fe
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1707, 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 — 18 Republicans, 13 Democrats, 1 independent
14 of 32 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), James Clyburn (D-SC), Howard Coble (R-NC), James Cooper (D-TN), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Phil English (R-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Mark Green (R-WI), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Jim Ryun (R-KS), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Robert Scott (D-VA), Mark Souder (R-IN), Ted Strickland (D-OH), Lee Terry (R-NE), William Thornberry (R-TX), Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) and 2 more.
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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.