House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003
Sponsor: Rep. John McHugh R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2003
- Committee actionMar 6, 2003
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 8, 2003 — Laid on the table. See S. 380 for further action.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 735.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 735, Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003” on March 14, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on March 6, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 14, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14324
- CBO publication date
- March 14, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 735, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/735
- 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. 735, Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003” on March 14, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on March 6, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 14, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14324
- CBO publication date
- March 14, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 735, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/735
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
abc9183d04c6ddb88d18395b532dc1d01fdf3c973cd778f40828fc6f4f62b6bf
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. 108-49 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on March 27, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 27, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/49
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 735, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/735
- 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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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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S. 380, which became Public Law 108-18 on 4/23/2003.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 735, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/735
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
abc9183d04c6ddb88d18395b532dc1d01fdf3c973cd778f40828fc6f4f62b6bf
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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
80 cosponsors — 38 Republicans, 42 Democrats
42 of 80 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.
Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Richard Baker (R-LA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Dan Burton (R-IN), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Phil English (R-PA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), Ernest Fletcher (R-KY), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Tim Holden (D-PA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Amo Houghton (R-NY), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Steve Israel (D-NY), Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and 50 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.