House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Department of Homeland Security Financial Accountability Act
Sponsor: Rep. Todd Platts R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 24, 2003
- Committee actionOct 30, 2003
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 12, 2003 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security (Select). H. Rept. 108-358, Part I.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2886.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2886, Department of Homeland Security Financial Accountability Act” on November 10, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Select Committee on Homeland Security on October 30, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 10, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14923
- CBO publication date
- November 10, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2886, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2886
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
125e57ce2f71f3be822c21e431dab2644dcc5b7bba49b5056555876ebcc31576
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2886, Department of Homeland Security Financial Accountability Act” on November 10, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Select Committee on Homeland Security on October 30, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 10, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14923
- CBO publication date
- November 10, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2886, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2886
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
125e57ce2f71f3be822c21e431dab2644dcc5b7bba49b5056555876ebcc31576
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2886, Department of Homeland Security Financial Accountability Act” on November 17, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on November 6, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 17, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15005
- CBO publication date
- November 17, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2886, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2886
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
125e57ce2f71f3be822c21e431dab2644dcc5b7bba49b5056555876ebcc31576
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2886, Department of Homeland Security Financial Accountability Act” on November 17, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on November 6, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 17, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15005
- CBO publication date
- November 17, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2886, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2886
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
125e57ce2f71f3be822c21e431dab2644dcc5b7bba49b5056555876ebcc31576
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. 108-358 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on November 12, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 12, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/358
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2886, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2886
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
125e57ce2f71f3be822c21e431dab2644dcc5b7bba49b5056555876ebcc31576
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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.4259, which became Public Law 108-330 on 10/16/2004.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2886, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2886
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
125e57ce2f71f3be822c21e431dab2644dcc5b7bba49b5056555876ebcc31576
Sent to: Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Homeland Security CommitteeBills with a CBO estimateBills with a committee reportSee it in the Data Web
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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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Henry Waxman (D-CA).
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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.