House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend the availability of allotments for fiscal years 1998 through 2001 under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Sponsor: Rep. W. Tauzin R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2003
- Committee actionJun 19, 2003
- Passed HouseJun 26, 2003 · without objection
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 2003 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 182.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 531.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 531, A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend the availability of allotments for fiscal years 1998 through 2001 under the SCHIP” on June 24, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 19, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14561
- CBO publication date
- June 24, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 531, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/531
- 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. 531, A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend the availability of allotments for fiscal years 1998 through 2001 under the SCHIP” on June 24, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 19, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14561
- CBO publication date
- June 24, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 531, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/531
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0b0687d2b1915b41a6b3be6e17f117894529072cc21c149518f655ff6f74cff6
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 H.R. 2854, which became Public Law 108-74 on 8/15/2003.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 531, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/531
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0b0687d2b1915b41a6b3be6e17f117894529072cc21c149518f655ff6f74cff6
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
71 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 47 Democrats, 1 independent
50 of 71 cosponsors (70%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Richard Baker (R-LA), Joe Barton (R-TX), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Michael Castle (R-DE), Chris Chocola (R-IN), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Nathan Deal (R-GA), John Dingell (D-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Sam Farr (D-CA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Gene Green (D-TX), Mark Green (R-WI), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Ralph Hall (R-TX) and 41 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. W. Tauzin.
- H.R. 395 (108th) Do-Not-Call Implementation Act
- H.R. 3161 (108th) To ratify the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to establish a do-not-call registry.
- H.R. 2854 (108th) To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend the availability of allotments for fiscal years 1998 through 2001 under the State…
- H.R. 3288 (108th) To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to make technical corrections with respect to the definition of qualifying State.
- H.R. 2122 (108th) Project BioShield Act of 2003
- H.R. 6 (108th) Energy Policy Act of 2003
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.