House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2003
- Committee actionOct 1, 2003
- Passed HouseNov 4, 2003 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 9, 2003 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2898.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2898, E-911 Implementation Act of 2003” on October 7, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 1, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 7, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14812
- CBO publication date
- October 7, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2898, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2898
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
85d354c2230ad826ec8125557f8152834b2aaaed8bab156bbfe0310317f6c30d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2898, E-911 Implementation Act of 2003” on October 7, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 1, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 7, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14812
- CBO publication date
- October 7, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2898, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2898
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
85d354c2230ad826ec8125557f8152834b2aaaed8bab156bbfe0310317f6c30d
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. 108-311 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 14, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 14, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/311
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2898, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2898
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
85d354c2230ad826ec8125557f8152834b2aaaed8bab156bbfe0310317f6c30d
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.5419, which became Public Law 108-494 on 12/23/2004.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2898, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2898
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
85d354c2230ad826ec8125557f8152834b2aaaed8bab156bbfe0310317f6c30d
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2898, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
42 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 29 Democrats
29 of 42 cosponsors (69%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Jim Davis (D-FL), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Gene Green (D-TX), James Greenwood (R-PA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Tim Holden (D-PA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), Karen McCarthy (D-MO), John McHugh (R-NY), Collin Peterson (D-MN), John Peterson (R-PA), Charles Pickering (R-MS), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD) and 12 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Shimkus.
- H.R. 389 (108th) Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory Act
- H.R. 397 (108th) To reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Illinois.
- H.R. 2312 (108th) ORBIT Technical Corrections Act of 2003
- H.Res. 752 (108th) Expressing continued support for the construction of the Victims of Communism Memorial.
- H.R. 623 (108th) Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage Act of 2003
- H.R. 3429 (108th) Nuclear Waste Financing Act of 2003
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.