House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 24, 2003
- Committee actionSep 25, 2003
- Passed HouseOct 8, 2003 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 10, 2003 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 384.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3159.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3159, Government Network Security Act of 2003” on October 6, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on September 25, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14806
- CBO publication date
- October 6, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3159, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3159
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5baf854a65ad63698448e1c26bdc912aa6be8ba377a0428ad7d97efc0b214ba
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3159, Government Network Security Act of 2003” on October 6, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on September 25, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14806
- CBO publication date
- October 6, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3159, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3159
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5baf854a65ad63698448e1c26bdc912aa6be8ba377a0428ad7d97efc0b214ba
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3159, Government Network Security Act of 2003” on October 23, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on October 22, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 23, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14841
- CBO publication date
- October 23, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3159, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3159
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5baf854a65ad63698448e1c26bdc912aa6be8ba377a0428ad7d97efc0b214ba
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3159, Government Network Security Act of 2003” on October 23, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on October 22, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 23, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14841
- CBO publication date
- October 23, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3159, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3159
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5baf854a65ad63698448e1c26bdc912aa6be8ba377a0428ad7d97efc0b214ba
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. 108-305 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 10, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/305
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3159, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3159
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5baf854a65ad63698448e1c26bdc912aa6be8ba377a0428ad7d97efc0b214ba
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.
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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
28 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 15 Democrats
13 of 28 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
Chris Bell (D-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), John Carter (R-TX), Wm. Clay (D-MO), James Cooper (D-TN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), John McHugh (R-NY), Candice Miller (R-MI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Doug Ose (R-CA), Major Owens (D-NY), Adam Putnam (R-FL), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Edward Schrock (R-VA), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Mark Souder (R-IN), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Michael Turner (R-OH), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Diane Watson (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.