House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-449
To amend and extend the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998.
Became law on Dec 10, 2004.
Sponsor: Rep. James Walsh R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 26, 2003
- Committee actionJul 25, 2003
- Passed HouseOct 7, 2003 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 19, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesNov 20, 2004
- To the PresidentNov 30, 2004
- Became lawDec 10, 2004
Latest action: Dec 10, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-449.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2655.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2655, A bill to amend and extend the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998” on August 8, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 25, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 8, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14709
- CBO publication date
- August 8, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2655, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2655
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
68af90bd385547f737072df5acdd7de017f6eb456c3a2909c054755a951c6ef2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2655, A bill to amend and extend the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998” on August 8, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 25, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 8, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14709
- CBO publication date
- August 8, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2655, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2655
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
68af90bd385547f737072df5acdd7de017f6eb456c3a2909c054755a951c6ef2
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. 108-260 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 4, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 4, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/260
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2655, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2655
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
68af90bd385547f737072df5acdd7de017f6eb456c3a2909c054755a951c6ef2
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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
27 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 18 Democrats
18 of 27 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Mike Doyle (D-PA), John Duncan (R-TN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Tim Holden (D-PA), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), John McHugh (R-NY), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Alan Mollohan (D-WV), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Richard Neal (D-MA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Jack Quinn (R-NY), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), John Sweeney (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Walsh.
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- H.Res. 362 (108th) Recognizing the importance and contributions of sportsmen to American society, supporting the traditions and values of sportsmen, and…
- H.Con.Res. 142 (108th) Congratulating the Syracuse University men's basketball team for winning the 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball national championship.
- H.R. 5041 (108th) Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005
- H.R. 1043 (108th) To grant a Federal charter to Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated.
- H.R. 752 (108th) To prohibit oil and gas drilling in Finger Lakes National Forest in New York.
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.