House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2003
- Committee actionJun 10, 2003
- Passed HouseJul 9, 2003 · 417–7
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 10, 2003 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 438.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 438, Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act of 2003” on June 16, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on June 10, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14528
- CBO publication date
- June 16, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 438, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/438
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
56aec9975450126e8119518903fbb84db5d6f6ffa591d8169fdbd0e12bc8854d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 438, Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act of 2003” on June 16, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on June 10, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14528
- CBO publication date
- June 16, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 438, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/438
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
56aec9975450126e8119518903fbb84db5d6f6ffa591d8169fdbd0e12bc8854d
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. 108-182 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on June 26, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 26, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/182
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 438, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/438
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
56aec9975450126e8119518903fbb84db5d6f6ffa591d8169fdbd0e12bc8854d
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 438, last updated March 23, 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
26 cosponsors — 24 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 26 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Richard Baker (R-LA), John Boehner (R-OH), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Tom Cole (R-OK), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Sam Graves (R-MO), James Greenwood (R-PA), David Hobson (R-OH), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), William Jenkins (R-TN), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Ric Keller (R-FL), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Todd Platts (R-PA), Jon Porter (R-NV), John Shimkus (R-IL), Rob Simmons (R-CT), Mark Souder (R-IN), William Thomas (R-CA), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH), Heather Wilson (R-NM).
More from the sponsor
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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.