House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2003
- Committee actionJun 12, 2003
- Passed HouseJun 19, 2003 · 262–162
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 20, 2003 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 660.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 660, Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003” on June 16, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on Education and the Workforce on June 11, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14539
- CBO publication date
- June 16, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 660, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/660
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
794dc618cef7ff72b6e882ba41bdf1782655ea035cc508f20556160a13b9e64a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 660, Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003” on June 16, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on Education and the Workforce on June 11, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14539
- CBO publication date
- June 16, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 660, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/660
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
794dc618cef7ff72b6e882ba41bdf1782655ea035cc508f20556160a13b9e64a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 660, Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003” on June 18, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Letter providing additional information on CBO's cost estimate for H.R. 660”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 18, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14552
- CBO publication date
- June 18, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 660, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/660
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
794dc618cef7ff72b6e882ba41bdf1782655ea035cc508f20556160a13b9e64a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 660, Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003” on June 18, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Letter providing additional information on CBO's cost estimate for H.R. 660</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 18, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14552
- CBO publication date
- June 18, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 660, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/660
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
794dc618cef7ff72b6e882ba41bdf1782655ea035cc508f20556160a13b9e64a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 660, An Amendment by Representative McCarthy in the motion to recommit H.R 660, the Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003” on July 10, 2003.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 10, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14620
- CBO publication date
- July 10, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 660, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/660
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
794dc618cef7ff72b6e882ba41bdf1782655ea035cc508f20556160a13b9e64a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 660, An Amendment by Representative McCarthy in the motion to recommit H.R 660, the Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003” on July 10, 2003.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 10, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14620
- CBO publication date
- July 10, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 660, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/660
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
794dc618cef7ff72b6e882ba41bdf1782655ea035cc508f20556160a13b9e64a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 660, Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003” on July 11, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House on June 19, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14612
- CBO publication date
- July 11, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 660, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/660
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
794dc618cef7ff72b6e882ba41bdf1782655ea035cc508f20556160a13b9e64a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 660, Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003” on July 11, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House on June 19, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14612
- CBO publication date
- July 11, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 660, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/660
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
794dc618cef7ff72b6e882ba41bdf1782655ea035cc508f20556160a13b9e64a
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. 108-156 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on June 17, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 17, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/156
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 660, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/660
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
794dc618cef7ff72b6e882ba41bdf1782655ea035cc508f20556160a13b9e64a
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. 660, last updated March 23, 2026. 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
162 cosponsors — 141 Republicans, 21 Democrats
21 of 162 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.
Anibal Acevedo-Vila (D-PR), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), J. Barrett (R-SC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Max Burns (R-GA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Brad Carson (D-OK), John Carter (R-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Chris Chocola (R-IN) and 132 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ernest Fletcher.
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.