House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 24, 2003
- Committee actionJul 24, 2003
- Passed HouseJul 25, 2003 · 316–109
- Passed SenateNov 18, 2003 · by voice vote
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2004 — See also H. R. 2673.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2861.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 108-235 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
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- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/235
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2861, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2861
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
079287e25bcaacb63d046f8f642c1aa928ac69b3495804036ad797e98d145d58
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- Congress.gov noteH.R. 2673, the Consolidated Appropriations bill, contains FY2004
appropriations for Agriculture, Commerce-Justice-State, District of Columbia, Foreign Operations, Labor-HHS-Education, Transportation-Treasury, and VA-HUD. See H.R. 2673 for further action.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
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- H.R. 2861, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2861
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
079287e25bcaacb63d046f8f642c1aa928ac69b3495804036ad797e98d145d58
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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- 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.