House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-146
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 7, 2003
- Committee actionMay 21, 2003
- Passed HouseJul 21, 2003 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 18, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 24, 2003
- Became lawDec 3, 2003
Latest action: Dec 3, 2003 — Became Public Law No: 108-146.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 23.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 23, Tornado Shelters Act” on May 28, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 21, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 28, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14480
- CBO publication date
- May 28, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 23, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/23
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d20bdb5a304b2b1e0862cfec24a10e5615d4a003e5233ac7325104f1220ed6bf
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 23, Tornado Shelters Act” on May 28, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 21, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 28, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14480
- CBO publication date
- May 28, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 23, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/23
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d20bdb5a304b2b1e0862cfec24a10e5615d4a003e5233ac7325104f1220ed6bf
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. 108-151 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on June 12, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 12, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/151
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 23, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/23
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d20bdb5a304b2b1e0862cfec24a10e5615d4a003e5233ac7325104f1220ed6bf
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. 23, 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
6 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Roy Blunt (R-MO), Artur Davis (D-AL), Terry Everett (R-AL), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Dave Weldon (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Spencer Bachus.
- H.R. 2768 (108th) John Marshall Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 2622 (108th) Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003
- H.R. 522 (108th) Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2003
- H.R. 2143 (108th) Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act
- H.Res. 591 (108th) Expressing the gratitude of the House of Representatives for the contributions made by America's community banks to the Nation's economic…
- H.R. 1120 (108th) Health Care Antitrust Improvements 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.