House bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2003
Sponsor: Rep. F. Sensenbrenner R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2003
- Committee actionMar 12, 2003
- Passed HouseMar 19, 2003 · 315–113
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 21, 2003 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 50.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 975.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 975, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2003” on March 18, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 12, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 18, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14325
- CBO publication date
- March 18, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 975, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4931f1e8dd22243f1075f517c7c5586c6d4c2aae4d67de4283dce5c48e2196a3
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 975, Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2003” on March 18, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 12, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 18, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14325
- CBO publication date
- March 18, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 975, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4931f1e8dd22243f1075f517c7c5586c6d4c2aae4d67de4283dce5c48e2196a3
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. 108-40 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 18, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 18, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/40
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 975, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4931f1e8dd22243f1075f517c7c5586c6d4c2aae4d67de4283dce5c48e2196a3
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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
89 cosponsors — 75 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 89 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Bob Beauprez (R-CO), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Michael Castle (R-DE), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Howard Coble (R-NC), Tom Cole (R-OK), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Jim Davis (D-FL), James DeMint (R-SC), Cal Dooley (D-CA), David Dreier (R-CA), Phil English (R-PA), Tom Feeney (R-FL), Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and 59 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. F. Sensenbrenner.
- H.R. 5107 (108th) Justice for All Act of 2004
- H.R. 1086 (108th) Standards Development Organization Advancement Act of 2003
- H.R. 1437 (108th) To improve the United States Code.
- H.R. 4417 (108th) To modify certain deadlines pertaining to machine-readable, tamper-resistant entry and exit documents.
- H.R. 16 (108th) To authorize salary adjustments for Justices and judges of the United States for fiscal year 2003.
- H.R. 3349 (108th) To authorize salary adjustments for Justices and judges of the United States for fiscal year 2004.
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.