House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-77
United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Became law on Sep 3, 2003.
Sponsor: Rep. Tom DeLay R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 15, 2003
- Committee actionJul 16, 2003
- Passed HouseJul 24, 2003 · 270–156
- Passed SenateJul 31, 2003 · 65–32
- To the PresidentAug 22, 2003
- Became lawSep 3, 2003
Latest action: Sep 3, 2003 — Became Public Law No: 108-77.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2738.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2738, A bill to implement the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement” on July 21, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 17, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 21, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14640
- CBO publication date
- July 21, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2738, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2738
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8dc2bfad1c22bd04f2296a1d6eb127c21114de443ae9d50753691d7334603843
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2738, A bill to implement the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement” on July 21, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 17, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 21, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14641
- CBO publication date
- July 21, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2738, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2738
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8dc2bfad1c22bd04f2296a1d6eb127c21114de443ae9d50753691d7334603843
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2738, A bill to implement the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement” on July 21, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 17, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 21, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14640
- CBO publication date
- July 21, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2738, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2738
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8dc2bfad1c22bd04f2296a1d6eb127c21114de443ae9d50753691d7334603843
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2738, A bill to implement the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement” on July 21, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 17, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 21, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14641
- CBO publication date
- July 21, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2738, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2738
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8dc2bfad1c22bd04f2296a1d6eb127c21114de443ae9d50753691d7334603843
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2738, United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act” on August 11, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 31, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 11, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14710
- CBO publication date
- August 11, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2738, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2738
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8dc2bfad1c22bd04f2296a1d6eb127c21114de443ae9d50753691d7334603843
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2738, United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act” on August 11, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Direct spending and revenues effects estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 31, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 11, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14710
- CBO publication date
- August 11, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2738, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2738
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8dc2bfad1c22bd04f2296a1d6eb127c21114de443ae9d50753691d7334603843
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. 108-224,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 108-224,Part 1 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 22, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/224
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/224 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2738, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2738
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8dc2bfad1c22bd04f2296a1d6eb127c21114de443ae9d50753691d7334603843
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.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.