House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 7, 2003
- Committee actionSep 9, 2003
- Passed HouseSep 17, 2003 · 408–13
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 9, 2003 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7, Charitable Giving Act of 2003” on September 15, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 9, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14753
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/7
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
460361a10eb9872a2a5fa054645e0d0c0019bd662afd28f7975819c3637256cd
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7, Charitable Giving Act of 2003” on September 15, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 9, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14753
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/7
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
460361a10eb9872a2a5fa054645e0d0c0019bd662afd28f7975819c3637256cd
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. 108-270 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on September 16, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 16, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/270
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/7
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
460361a10eb9872a2a5fa054645e0d0c0019bd662afd28f7975819c3637256cd
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. 7, last updated July 21, 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
87 cosponsors — 75 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 87 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), J. Barrett (R-SC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), John Boozman (R-AR), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Max Burns (R-GA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Ed Case (D-HI), Chris Chocola (R-IN), Philip Crane (R-IL), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), John Culberson (R-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Cal Dooley (D-CA), John Doolittle (R-CA), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Phil English (R-PA), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Mark Foley (R-FL), J. Forbes (R-VA), Harold Ford (D-TN), Vito Fossella (R-NY) and 57 more.
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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.