House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-326
To clarify the tax treatment of bonds and other obligations issued by the Government of American Samoa.
Became law on Oct 16, 2004.
Sponsor: Rep. Eni Faleomavaega D-ASWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2003
- Committee actionMay 7, 2003
- Passed HouseNov 4, 2003 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 29, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 5, 2004
- Became lawOct 16, 2004
Latest action: Oct 16, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-326.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 982.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 982, A bill to clarify the tax treatment of bonds and other obligations issued by the government of American Samoa” on May 9, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 7, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 9, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14430
- CBO publication date
- May 9, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 982, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/982
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f88cba726279f06386d6b5cb42d457b19e6430717f254975c8dbd09a3ea805a6
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 982, A bill to clarify the tax treatment of bonds and other obligations issued by the government of American Samoa” on May 9, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 7, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 9, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14430
- CBO publication date
- May 9, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 982, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/982
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f88cba726279f06386d6b5cb42d457b19e6430717f254975c8dbd09a3ea805a6
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 982, A bill to clarify the tax treatment of bonds and other obligations issued by the government of American Samoa” on September 26, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 24, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14777
- CBO publication date
- September 26, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 982, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/982
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f88cba726279f06386d6b5cb42d457b19e6430717f254975c8dbd09a3ea805a6
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 982, A bill to clarify the tax treatment of bonds and other obligations issued by the government of American Samoa” on September 26, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 24, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14777
- CBO publication date
- September 26, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 982, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/982
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f88cba726279f06386d6b5cb42d457b19e6430717f254975c8dbd09a3ea805a6
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 982, An act to clarify the tax treatment of bonds and other obligations issued by the government of American Samoa” on July 22, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on July 20, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 22, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15862
- CBO publication date
- July 22, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 982, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/982
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f88cba726279f06386d6b5cb42d457b19e6430717f254975c8dbd09a3ea805a6
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 982, An act to clarify the tax treatment of bonds and other obligations issued by the government of American Samoa” on July 22, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on July 20, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 22, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15862
- CBO publication date
- July 22, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 982, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/982
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f88cba726279f06386d6b5cb42d457b19e6430717f254975c8dbd09a3ea805a6
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 108-102,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 108-102,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 20, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/102
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/102 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 982, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/982
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f88cba726279f06386d6b5cb42d457b19e6430717f254975c8dbd09a3ea805a6
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.
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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
No cosponsors.
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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.