House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
To restore the operation of the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program during fiscal year 2003 to the scope of that program as in effect on September 30, 2002.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2003
- Committee actionJun 26, 2003
- Passed HouseSep 10, 2003 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 11, 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. 2595.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2595, A bill to restore the operation of the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program during fiscal year 2003 to the scope of that program as in effect on September 30, 2002” on July 8, 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, July 8, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14604
- CBO publication date
- July 8, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2595, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2595
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4e531331adf89881db27e849b4e4b781ea4b9f7d6c4bae6df43996e10496936b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2595, A bill to restore the operation of the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program during fiscal year 2003 to the scope of that program as in effect on September 30, 2002” on July 8, 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, July 8, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14611
- CBO publication date
- July 8, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2595, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2595
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4e531331adf89881db27e849b4e4b781ea4b9f7d6c4bae6df43996e10496936b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2595, A bill to restore the operation of the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program during fiscal year 2003 to the scope of that program as in effect on September 30, 2002” on July 8, 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, July 8, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14604
- CBO publication date
- July 8, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2595, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2595
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4e531331adf89881db27e849b4e4b781ea4b9f7d6c4bae6df43996e10496936b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2595, A bill to restore the operation of the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program during fiscal year 2003 to the scope of that program as in effect on September 30, 2002” on July 8, 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, July 8, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14611
- CBO publication date
- July 8, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2595, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2595
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4e531331adf89881db27e849b4e4b781ea4b9f7d6c4bae6df43996e10496936b
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. 108-197 ↗. 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/197
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2595, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2595
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4e531331adf89881db27e849b4e4b781ea4b9f7d6c4bae6df43996e10496936b
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.
Sent to: Veterans' Affairs Committee, Veterans' Affairs CommitteeBills with a CBO estimateBills with a committee reportSee it in the Data Web
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2595, 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
8 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 7 Democrats
7 of 8 cosponsors (88%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Ed Case (D-HI), Lane Evans (D-IL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Rick Renzi (R-AZ), Tom Udall (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2620 (108th) Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 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.