House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Naturalization and Family Protection for Military Members Act of 2003
Sponsor: Rep. F. Sensenbrenner R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 6, 2003
- Committee actionMay 7, 2003
- Passed HouseJun 4, 2003 · 414–5
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 16, 2003 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 142.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1954.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1954, Armed Forces Naturalization Act of 2003” on May 15, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 7, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14451
- CBO publication date
- May 15, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1954, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1954
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8b9c7f2bfb36f4e2a5708de3a503f922b802ebf33616299f7640c3fa24d5c370
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1954, Armed Forces Naturalization Act of 2003” on May 15, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 7, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14451
- CBO publication date
- May 15, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1954, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1954
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8b9c7f2bfb36f4e2a5708de3a503f922b802ebf33616299f7640c3fa24d5c370
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1954, Naturalization and Family Protection for Military Members Act of 2003” on June 26, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on June 16, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14570
- CBO publication date
- June 26, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1954, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1954
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8b9c7f2bfb36f4e2a5708de3a503f922b802ebf33616299f7640c3fa24d5c370
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1954, Naturalization and Family Protection for Military Members Act of 2003” on June 26, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on June 16, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14570
- CBO publication date
- June 26, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1954, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1954
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8b9c7f2bfb36f4e2a5708de3a503f922b802ebf33616299f7640c3fa24d5c370
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. 108-111 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 16, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/111
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1954, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/1954
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8b9c7f2bfb36f4e2a5708de3a503f922b802ebf33616299f7640c3fa24d5c370
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1954, last updated August 10, 2026. 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
17 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 17 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Howard Berman (D-CA), Howard Coble (R-NC), John Conyers (D-MI), David Dreier (R-CA), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Gene Green (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), William Jenkins (R-TN), Walter Jones (R-NC), Ric Keller (R-FL), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Adam Putnam (R-FL), Hilda Solis (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. F. Sensenbrenner.
- H.R. 5107 (108th) Justice for All Act of 2004
- H.R. 1086 (108th) Standards Development Organization Advancement Act of 2003
- H.R. 1437 (108th) To improve the United States Code.
- H.R. 4417 (108th) To modify certain deadlines pertaining to machine-readable, tamper-resistant entry and exit documents.
- H.R. 16 (108th) To authorize salary adjustments for Justices and judges of the United States for fiscal year 2003.
- H.R. 3349 (108th) To authorize salary adjustments for Justices and judges of the United States for fiscal year 2004.
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.