House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Health Care Facilities Capital Improvement Act
Sponsor: Rep. Rob Simmons R-CTWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2003
- Committee actionJun 26, 2003
- Passed HouseOct 29, 2003 · 417–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 30, 2003 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1720.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1720, Veterans Health Care Facilities Capital Improvememt Act” on July 9, 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 9, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14603
- CBO publication date
- July 9, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1720, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1720
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7d4849f2b7f358b1604262c1857b882bc4685052d5f911c3d7e4e3a8f3c03545
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1720, Veterans Health Care Facilities Capital Improvememt Act” on July 9, 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 9, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14603
- CBO publication date
- July 9, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1720, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1720
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7d4849f2b7f358b1604262c1857b882bc4685052d5f911c3d7e4e3a8f3c03545
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. 108-210 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 15, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/210
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1720, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1720
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7d4849f2b7f358b1604262c1857b882bc4685052d5f911c3d7e4e3a8f3c03545
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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
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Henry Brown (R-SC), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Jon Porter (R-NV), Christopher Smith (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rob Simmons.
- H.R. 4768 (108th) Veterans Health Programs and Facilities Enhancement Act of 2004
- H.R. 4231 (108th) Department of Veterans Affairs Nurse Recruitment and Retention Act of 2004
- H.R. 4227 (108th) Middle-Class Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2004
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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.