House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 2003
- Committee actionSep 10, 2003
- Passed HouseFeb 13, 2003 · 230–192
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 1, 2004 — Cloture motion on the committee substitute amendment not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 65. (consideration: CR S3538)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003” on February 13, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on February 4, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 13, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14280
- CBO publication date
- February 13, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
86abb7ccb356529cb1e2a9e96a612f66264282fe9d66093676fb85178903925b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003” on February 13, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on February 4, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 13, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14280
- CBO publication date
- February 13, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
86abb7ccb356529cb1e2a9e96a612f66264282fe9d66093676fb85178903925b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4, Personal Responsibiltiy and Individual Development for Everyone Act” on October 3, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on September 10, 2003.</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14790
- CBO publication date
- October 3, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
86abb7ccb356529cb1e2a9e96a612f66264282fe9d66093676fb85178903925b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4, Personal Responsibiltiy and Individual Development for Everyone Act” on October 3, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on September 10, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14790
- CBO publication date
- October 3, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
86abb7ccb356529cb1e2a9e96a612f66264282fe9d66093676fb85178903925b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4, S.A. 2945, the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2004” on May 3, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill amendment proposed on March 30, 2004, to H.R. 4, the Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 3, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15642
- CBO publication date
- May 3, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
86abb7ccb356529cb1e2a9e96a612f66264282fe9d66093676fb85178903925b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4, S.A. 2945, the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2004” on May 3, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill amendment proposed on March 30, 2004, to H.R. 4, the Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 3, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15642
- CBO publication date
- May 3, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
86abb7ccb356529cb1e2a9e96a612f66264282fe9d66093676fb85178903925b
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: S. Rept. 108-162 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Finance Committee on October 3, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 3, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/162
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/4
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
86abb7ccb356529cb1e2a9e96a612f66264282fe9d66093676fb85178903925b
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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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4, last updated February 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 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
21 cosponsors — 21 Republicans
0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), John Boehner (R-OH), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Dave Camp (R-MI), Chris Chocola (R-IN), Larry Combest (R-TX), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Wally Herger (R-CA), Mark Kennedy (R-MN), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Bob Ney (R-OH), Michael Oxley (R-OH), E. Shaw (R-FL), W. Tauzin (R-LA), Lee Terry (R-NE), William Thomas (R-CA), Fred Upton (R-MI), Joe Wilson (R-SC), C. W. Young (R-FL).
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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.