House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance cooperation and the sharing of resources between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense.
Sponsor: Rep. John Boozman R-ARWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2003
- Committee actionMay 15, 2003
- Passed HouseMay 21, 2003 · 426–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 18, 2003 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1911.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1911, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance cooperation and the sharing of resources between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense” on May 14, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on May 1, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 14, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14439
- CBO publication date
- May 14, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1911, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1911
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cae51614f53decf56e043bd0e2e466595f677404a250e6a474baa87be780575e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1911, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance cooperation and the sharing of resources between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense” on May 14, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on May 1, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 14, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14439
- CBO publication date
- May 14, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1911, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1911
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cae51614f53decf56e043bd0e2e466595f677404a250e6a474baa87be780575e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1911, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance cooperation and the sharing of resources between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense” on May 19, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 15, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14460
- CBO publication date
- May 19, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1911, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1911
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cae51614f53decf56e043bd0e2e466595f677404a250e6a474baa87be780575e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1911, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance cooperation and the sharing of resources between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense” on May 19, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 15, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14460
- CBO publication date
- May 19, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1911, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1911
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cae51614f53decf56e043bd0e2e466595f677404a250e6a474baa87be780575e
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. 108-115 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 20, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 20, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/115
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1911, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1911
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cae51614f53decf56e043bd0e2e466595f677404a250e6a474baa87be780575e
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1911, last updated June 6, 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Anibal Acevedo-Vila (D-PR), Lane Evans (D-IL), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX), Rob Simmons (R-CT), Christopher Smith (R-NJ).
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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.