House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act of 2003
Sponsor: Rep. F. Sensenbrenner R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 1, 2003
- Committee actionOct 8, 2003
- Passed HouseNov 5, 2003 · 357–67
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 9, 2003 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3214.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3214, Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act of 2003” on October 16, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 8, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14843
- CBO publication date
- October 16, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3214, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3214
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
03084620f5e3491175d81916fb4a3c3ad174ed64f732c7f13a73e5353079f87a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3214, Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act of 2003” on October 16, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 8, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14843
- CBO publication date
- October 16, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3214, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3214
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
03084620f5e3491175d81916fb4a3c3ad174ed64f732c7f13a73e5353079f87a
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. 108-321 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 17, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 17, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/321
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3214, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3214
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
03084620f5e3491175d81916fb4a3c3ad174ed64f732c7f13a73e5353079f87a
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.5107, which became Public Law 108-405 on 10/30/2004.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3214, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/3214
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
03084620f5e3491175d81916fb4a3c3ad174ed64f732c7f13a73e5353079f87a
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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
249 cosponsors — 78 Republicans, 170 Democrats, 1 independent
171 of 249 cosponsors (69%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Anibal Acevedo-Vila (D-PR), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Charles Bass (R-NH), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Chris Bell (D-TX), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Burr (R-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Lois Capps (D-CA) and 219 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. F. Sensenbrenner.
- H.R. 5107 (108th) Justice for All Act of 2004
- H.R. 1086 (108th) Standards Development Organization Advancement Act of 2003
- H.R. 1437 (108th) To improve the United States Code.
- H.R. 4417 (108th) To modify certain deadlines pertaining to machine-readable, tamper-resistant entry and exit documents.
- H.R. 16 (108th) To authorize salary adjustments for Justices and judges of the United States for fiscal year 2003.
- H.R. 3349 (108th) To authorize salary adjustments for Justices and judges of the United States for fiscal year 2004.
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.