House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 5, 2003
- Committee actionSep 24, 2003
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 28, 2003 — On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 231 - 170 (Roll no. 570). (text: CR H9893)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2359.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2359, Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003” on October 3, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 24, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14795
- CBO publication date
- October 3, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2359, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2359
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
88e65592fe71756d1948ad52fac457ed9b32a0d60772e3a3cc751a827a23b3c9
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2359, Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003” on October 3, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 24, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14795
- CBO publication date
- October 3, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2359, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2359
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
88e65592fe71756d1948ad52fac457ed9b32a0d60772e3a3cc751a827a23b3c9
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. 108-304,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 108-304,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 28, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 28, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/304
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/304 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2359, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2359
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
88e65592fe71756d1948ad52fac457ed9b32a0d60772e3a3cc751a827a23b3c9
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 noteFor further action, see S. 1685, which became Public Law 108-156 on 12/3/2003.Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2359, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2359
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
88e65592fe71756d1948ad52fac457ed9b32a0d60772e3a3cc751a827a23b3c9
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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
5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Tom Latham (R-IA), Tom Osborne (R-NE), Thomas Tancredo (R-CO).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ken Calvert.
- H.R. 2828 (108th) Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act
- H.R. 3334 (108th) Riverside-Corona Feeder Authorization Act
- H.Res. 34 (108th) Designating majority membership on certain standing committees of the House.
- H.R. 4893 (108th) To authorize additional appropriations for the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978.
- H.R. 111 (108th) Community Choice in Real Estate Act
- H.R. 2358 (108th) Invest in Space Now 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.