House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2003
Sponsor: Rep. J. Forbes R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 21, 2003
- Committee actionJul 22, 2003
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 22, 2004 — House Committee on Education and the Workforce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 10, 2004.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2801.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2801, Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2003” on July 25, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on July 22, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 25, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14655
- CBO publication date
- July 25, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2801, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2801
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3f78786ce63ce00eaa06b02af01d35cf07c68a4606eab66b259a69b2b221cc39
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2801, Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2003” on July 25, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on July 22, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 25, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14655
- CBO publication date
- July 25, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2801, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2801
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3f78786ce63ce00eaa06b02af01d35cf07c68a4606eab66b259a69b2b221cc39
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. 108-789 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on November 20, 2004.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 20, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/789
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2801, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2801
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3f78786ce63ce00eaa06b02af01d35cf07c68a4606eab66b259a69b2b221cc39
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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
51 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 37 Democrats
37 of 51 cosponsors (73%) are from the other party.
Anibal Acevedo-Vila (D-PR), Richard Baker (R-LA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), John Carter (R-TX), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), Bob Filner (D-CA), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Jane Harman (D-CA), Robin Hayes (R-NC), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), William Jefferson (D-LA), Christopher John (D-LA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), John Larson (D-CT), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jim Marshall (D-GA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA) and 21 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. J. Forbes.
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- H.R. 2183 (108th) Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2003
- H.R. 2939 (108th) Weapons of Mass Destruction Prohibition Improvement Act of 2003
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- H.R. 4329 (108th) To suspend temporarily the duty on Glycine, N,N-Bis[2-hydroxy-3-(2-propenyloxy)propyl]-, monosodium salt, reaction products with ammonium…
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.