House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 27, 2003
- Committee actionJan 29, 2003
- Passed HouseFeb 12, 2003 · 422–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 2003 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 346.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 346, American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act” on January 30, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on January 29, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 30, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14261
- CBO publication date
- January 30, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 346, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/346
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d12f689044eb1c8a606f8da559fd2799651e8a56110f9bd05f41789a3d3ec273
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 346, American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act” on January 30, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on January 29, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 30, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14261
- CBO publication date
- January 30, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 346, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/346
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d12f689044eb1c8a606f8da559fd2799651e8a56110f9bd05f41789a3d3ec273
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. 108-5 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on February 4, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 4, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/5
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 346, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/346
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d12f689044eb1c8a606f8da559fd2799651e8a56110f9bd05f41789a3d3ec273
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 346, 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
No cosponsors.
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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.