House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
To amend Public Law 107-10 to authorize a United States plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly in May 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Sherrod Brown D-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2003
- Committee actionMar 5, 2003
- Passed HouseMar 11, 2003 · 414–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 12, 2003 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 441.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 441, A bill to amend Public Law 107-10 to authorize a United States plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly in May 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland, and for other purposes” on March 10, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on March 5, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 10, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14311
- CBO publication date
- March 10, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 441, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/441
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
294bc2db61aed3b32539e038f14abc81c77303cb56682ce227ab1b3ad50170d0
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 441, A bill to amend Public Law 107-10 to authorize a United States plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly in May 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland, and for other purposes” on March 10, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on March 5, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 10, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14311
- CBO publication date
- March 10, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 441, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/441
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
294bc2db61aed3b32539e038f14abc81c77303cb56682ce227ab1b3ad50170d0
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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S. 243, which became Public Law 108-28 on 5/29/2003.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 441, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/441
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
294bc2db61aed3b32539e038f14abc81c77303cb56682ce227ab1b3ad50170d0
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
33 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 18 Democrats
15 of 33 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Jim Davis (D-FL), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Edward Schrock (R-VA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Mark Souder (R-IN) and 3 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sherrod Brown.
- H.Con.Res. 250 (108th) Recognizing community organization of public access defibrillation programs.
- H.R. 2068 (108th) Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2003
- H.R. 2932 (108th) Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2003
- H.Con.Res. 276 (108th) Providing that any agreement relating to trade and investment that is negotiated by the executive branch with other countries must comply…
- H.R. 2069 (108th) Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act
- H.R. 3793 (108th) Concerning participation of Taiwan in the World Health Organization.
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.