House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Prevention Act of 2003
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Ferguson R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2003
- Committee actionJan 29, 2003
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 13, 2003 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 8.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 398.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 398, Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Prevention Act of 2003” on February 11, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on January 28, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 11, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14278
- CBO publication date
- February 11, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 398, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/398
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f762c4540fb9e03c366e479dadce110de73cb42c8dc8cb3650f0ac10344dae12
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 398, Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Prevention Act of 2003” on February 11, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on January 28, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 11, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14278
- CBO publication date
- February 11, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 398, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/398
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f762c4540fb9e03c366e479dadce110de73cb42c8dc8cb3650f0ac10344dae12
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. 108-14 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on February 13, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 13, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/14
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 398, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/398
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f762c4540fb9e03c366e479dadce110de73cb42c8dc8cb3650f0ac10344dae12
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S. 286, which became Public Law 108-154 on 12/3/2003.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 398, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/398
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f762c4540fb9e03c366e479dadce110de73cb42c8dc8cb3650f0ac10344dae12
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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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Sherrod Brown (D-OH), John Dingell (D-MI), Bart Stupak (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Ferguson.
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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.