House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-164
Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act
Became law on Dec 6, 2003.
Sponsor: Rep. Richard Burr R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 23, 2003
- Committee actionOct 1, 2003
- Passed HouseNov 19, 2003 · 406–12
- Passed SenateNov 20, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 26, 2003
- Became lawDec 6, 2003
Latest action: Dec 6, 2003 — Became Public Law No: 108-164.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3140.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3140, Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act” on October 15, 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 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14829
- CBO publication date
- October 15, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3140, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3140
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d66835b9b8c85e1b4eae506e9fc76d7ca3d73fce7f18ebeaad0988876221375e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3140, Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act” on October 15, 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 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14829
- CBO publication date
- October 15, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3140, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3140
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d66835b9b8c85e1b4eae506e9fc76d7ca3d73fce7f18ebeaad0988876221375e
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. 108-318 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 15, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/318
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3140, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3140
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d66835b9b8c85e1b4eae506e9fc76d7ca3d73fce7f18ebeaad0988876221375e
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3140, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 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
17 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 17 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.
Rob Bishop (R-UT), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Carter (R-TX), Jim Davis (D-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Mike Rogers (R-MI), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), John Shimkus (R-IL), Pete Stark (D-CA), W. Tauzin (R-LA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Henry Waxman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Richard Burr.
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- H.Res. 497 (108th) Commending the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons field hockey team for winning the 2003 National Collegiate Athletic Association…
- H.Con.Res. 480 (108th) Recognizing the spirit of Jacob Mock Doub and his contribution to encouraging youth to be physically active and fit and expressing the…
- H.R. 2699 (108th) National Uniformity for Food Act of 2004
- H.R. 2052 (108th) Preservation of Localism, Program Diversity, and Competition in Television Broadcast Service Act of 2003
- H.R. 3111 (108th) Calling for 2-1-1 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.