House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law

To provide for the designation of a Department of Agriculture disaster liaison to assist State and local employees of the Department in coordination with other disaster agencies in response to a federally declared disaster area as a result of a disaster.

H.R. 3157Introduced Sep 24, 2003Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Where it went

IntroducedSep 24, 2003
Committee actionOct 29, 2003
Passed HouseNov 17, 2003 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Nov 18, 2003 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3157.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3157, A bill to provide for the designation of a Department of Agriculture” on November 10, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on October 29, 2003</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 10, 2003 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14925
CBO publication date
November 10, 2003
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3157, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3157, A bill to provide for the designation of a Department of Agriculture” on November 10, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on October 29, 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/14925
CBO publication date
November 10, 2003
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3157, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3157
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bf5ce69478107633677ca1ca78ac8a703b54fad27343ea33245e11a247c65d4d
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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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

15 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 7 Democrats

7 of 15 cosponsors (47%) are from the other party.

Anibal Acevedo-Vila (D-PR), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Bob Filner (D-CA), J. Forbes (R-VA), William Janklow (R-SD), John McHugh (R-NY), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Collin Peterson (D-MN), George Radanovich (R-CA), Lee Terry (R-NE), James Walsh (R-NY), Joe Wilson (R-SC).

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Roy Blunt.

Sponsor’s state and district

Missouri in Congress · MO-7 district

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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.