House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law

Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2003

H.R. 5Introduced Feb 5, 2003Policy area: Health

Where it went

IntroducedFeb 5, 2003
Committee actionMar 5, 2003
Passed HouseMar 13, 2003 · 229–196
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 21, 2003 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 49.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2003” on March 10, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary 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/14309
CBO publication date
March 10, 2003
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/5
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2003” on March 10, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 6, 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/14316
CBO publication date
March 10, 2003
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/5
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fa8ba95e4e86424e2b5d17e9574d260b7a75a96d181498077e7517d2ad58c067
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2003” on March 10, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary 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/14309
CBO publication date
March 10, 2003
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/5
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fa8ba95e4e86424e2b5d17e9574d260b7a75a96d181498077e7517d2ad58c067
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2003” on March 10, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 6, 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/14316
CBO publication date
March 10, 2003
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/5
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fa8ba95e4e86424e2b5d17e9574d260b7a75a96d181498077e7517d2ad58c067
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 108-32,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 108-32,Part 2 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported March 11, 2003 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/32
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/32
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5, 108th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/5
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fa8ba95e4e86424e2b5d17e9574d260b7a75a96d181498077e7517d2ad58c067
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5, last updated April 7, 2025. 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

128 cosponsors — 121 Republicans, 7 Democrats

7 of 128 cosponsors (5%) are from the other party.

Robert Aderholt (R-AL), J. Barrett (R-SC), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Richard Burr (R-NC), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Tom Cole (R-OK), Mac Collins (R-GA), Larry Combest (R-TX), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Philip Crane (R-IL), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA) and 98 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Greenwood.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-8 district

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