House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 8, 2003
- Committee actionJul 23, 2003
- Passed HouseNov 20, 2003 · 352–67
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 9, 2003 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 253.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 253, Two Floods and You Are Out of the Taxpayers' Pocket Act of 2003” on September 3, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 23, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 3, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14748
- CBO publication date
- September 3, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 253, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/253
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6eb18ae3d802206540c2ebb9f2307dbccd1c0734a719506523c5b664fc04353e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 253, Two Floods and You Are Out of the Taxpayers' Pocket Act of 2003” on September 3, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 23, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 3, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14748
- CBO publication date
- September 3, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 253, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/253
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6eb18ae3d802206540c2ebb9f2307dbccd1c0734a719506523c5b664fc04353e
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. 108-266 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on September 5, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 5, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/266
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 253, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/253
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6eb18ae3d802206540c2ebb9f2307dbccd1c0734a719506523c5b664fc04353e
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. 2238, which became Public Law 108-264 on 6/30/2004.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 253, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/253
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6eb18ae3d802206540c2ebb9f2307dbccd1c0734a719506523c5b664fc04353e
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 253, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Martin Frost (D-TX), Tom Petri (R-WI), Lee Terry (R-NE).
More from the sponsor
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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.