House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2003
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 14, 2003 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 594.
- Congress.gov noteOn 3/10/2004, a motion was filed to discharge the Rules Committee from consideration of H.Res.523 a resolution providing for the consideration of H.R.594. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures for further action. (Discharge Petition No. 108-6: text with signatures.)Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 594, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/594
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
27a706807120c3c4bbd5302b4d894f8d17675d6435fe344a37f7c97cb63e0736
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 18, 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
300 cosponsors — 115 Republicans, 184 Democrats, 1 independent
187 of 300 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Brian Baird (D-WA), Richard Baker (R-LA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Frank Ballance (D-NC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Chris Bell (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA) and 270 more.
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.