House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-91
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2003
- Committee actionFeb 13, 2003
- Passed HouseMar 12, 2003 · 419–0
- Passed SenateSep 2, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesSep 17, 2003
- To the PresidentSep 22, 2003
- Became lawOct 3, 2003
Latest action: Oct 3, 2003 — Became Public Law No: 108-91.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 659.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 659, Hospital Mortgage Insurance Act of 2003” on February 27, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on February 13, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 27, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14294
- CBO publication date
- February 27, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 659, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/659
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1c24d8ce2b70d1d6bf77f2b8ea49cf15fc84a5d2ac413b8181b473da61f61c0d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 659, Hospital Mortgage Insurance Act of 2003” on February 27, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on February 13, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 27, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14294
- CBO publication date
- February 27, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 659, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/659
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1c24d8ce2b70d1d6bf77f2b8ea49cf15fc84a5d2ac413b8181b473da61f61c0d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 659, Hospital Mortgage Insurance Act of 2003” on August 27, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on July 31, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 27, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14725
- CBO publication date
- August 27, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 659, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/659
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1c24d8ce2b70d1d6bf77f2b8ea49cf15fc84a5d2ac413b8181b473da61f61c0d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 659, Hospital Mortgage Insurance Act of 2003” on August 27, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on July 31, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 27, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14725
- CBO publication date
- August 27, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 659, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/659
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1c24d8ce2b70d1d6bf77f2b8ea49cf15fc84a5d2ac413b8181b473da61f61c0d
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. 108-27 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on March 6, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 6, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/27
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 659, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/659
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1c24d8ce2b70d1d6bf77f2b8ea49cf15fc84a5d2ac413b8181b473da61f61c0d
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 659, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
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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.