House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-27
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003
Became law on May 28, 2003.
Sponsor: Rep. William Thomas R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2003
- Committee actionMay 6, 2003
- Passed HouseMay 9, 2003 · 222–203
- Passed SenateMay 15, 2003 · 51–49
- Resolving differencesMay 22, 2003
- To the PresidentMay 23, 2003
- Became lawMay 28, 2003
Latest action: May 28, 2003 — Became Public Law No: 108-27.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Act of 2003” on May 8, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 6, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 8, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14429
- CBO publication date
- May 8, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2c5537ef452b5ec8333b7bcec14b8202359879fd71275b1dbd4b6a5ef6462978
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Act of 2003” on May 8, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 6, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 8, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14429
- CBO publication date
- May 8, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2c5537ef452b5ec8333b7bcec14b8202359879fd71275b1dbd4b6a5ef6462978
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003” on May 23, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 23, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 23, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14462
- CBO publication date
- May 23, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2c5537ef452b5ec8333b7bcec14b8202359879fd71275b1dbd4b6a5ef6462978
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003” on May 23, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 23, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 23, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14462
- CBO publication date
- May 23, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2c5537ef452b5ec8333b7bcec14b8202359879fd71275b1dbd4b6a5ef6462978
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 108-94 ↗; H. Rept. 108-126 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on May 8, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 8, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/94
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/126 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2c5537ef452b5ec8333b7bcec14b8202359879fd71275b1dbd4b6a5ef6462978
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.
- Congress.gov noteH.R. 2 is the Tax Cut bill.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2c5537ef452b5ec8333b7bcec14b8202359879fd71275b1dbd4b6a5ef6462978
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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
51 cosponsors — 51 Republicans
0 of 51 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
J. Barrett (R-SC), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Dave Camp (R-MI), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Chris Chocola (R-IN), Mac Collins (R-GA), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Philip Crane (R-IL), Tom DeLay (R-TX), James DeMint (R-SC), John Doolittle (R-CA), David Dreier (R-CA), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Melissa Hart (R-PA), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Wally Herger (R-CA), Kenny Hulshof (R-MO), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Ric Keller (R-FL) and 21 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Thomas.
- H.R. 4520 (108th) American Jobs Creation Act of 2004
- H.R. 4103 (108th) AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004
- H.R. 1308 (108th) Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004
- H.R. 3146 (108th) To extend the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program, and certain tax and trade programs, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 519 (108th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the earthquake that occurred in San Luis Obispo County, California…
- H.R. 1307 (108th) Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act of 2003
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.