House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2003
Sponsor: Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 5, 2003
- Committee actionJun 26, 2003
- Passed HouseJul 21, 2003 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 22, 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. 2357.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2357, Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2003” on June 30, 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, June 30, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14586
- CBO publication date
- June 30, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2357, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2357
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d6fdd968dc1b75878ffafc6fd8e1e8312d53d9d8da54f6d7cd526f60520a3a90
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2357, Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2003” on June 30, 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, June 30, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14586
- CBO publication date
- June 30, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2357, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2357
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d6fdd968dc1b75878ffafc6fd8e1e8312d53d9d8da54f6d7cd526f60520a3a90
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. 108-198 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 10, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 10, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/198
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2357, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2357
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d6fdd968dc1b75878ffafc6fd8e1e8312d53d9d8da54f6d7cd526f60520a3a90
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2357, 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
16 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 16 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Phil English (R-PA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Ron Paul (R-TX), Stevan Pearce (R-NM), Ed Royce (R-CA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite.
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- H.R. 4345 (108th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount of home loan guaranty available under the home loan guaranty program…
- H.R. 1511 (108th) To award a congressional gold medal to Prime Minister Tony Blair.
- H.R. 3094 (108th) Veterans Timely Access to Health Care Act
- H.R. 4065 (108th) Veterans Housing Affordability Act of 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.