Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003
Sponsor: Sen. William Frist R-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 11, 2003
- Committee actionJun 12, 2003
- Passed SenateJun 27, 2003 · 76–21
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 7, 2003 — See also H.R.1.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1, Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003” on June 17, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Committee on Finance on June 13, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 17, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14531
- CBO publication date
- June 17, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d484b97554d6a62bcb21c97b2651e7e6bbbde21c0434ba406dd1ff40e3012f52
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1, Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003” on June 17, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Committee on Finance on June 13, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 17, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14531
- CBO publication date
- June 17, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d484b97554d6a62bcb21c97b2651e7e6bbbde21c0434ba406dd1ff40e3012f52
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1, Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003, as reported by the Committee on Finance, and incorporating subsequent changes provided by the committee on June 17, 2003” on June 18, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Committee on Finance, and incorporating subsequent changes provided by the committee on June 17, 2003</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/14532
- CBO publication date
- June 18, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d484b97554d6a62bcb21c97b2651e7e6bbbde21c0434ba406dd1ff40e3012f52
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1, Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003, as reported by the Committee on Finance, and incorporating subsequent changes provided by the committee on June 17, 2003” on June 18, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Committee on Finance, and incorporating subsequent changes provided by the committee on June 17, 2003”.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/14532
- CBO publication date
- June 18, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d484b97554d6a62bcb21c97b2651e7e6bbbde21c0434ba406dd1ff40e3012f52
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1, Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003” on July 22, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on June 27, 2003, with a modification requested by Senate conferees</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 22, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14667
- CBO publication date
- July 22, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d484b97554d6a62bcb21c97b2651e7e6bbbde21c0434ba406dd1ff40e3012f52
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1, Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003” on July 22, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on June 27, 2003, with a modification requested by Senate conferees”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 22, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14667
- CBO publication date
- July 22, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d484b97554d6a62bcb21c97b2651e7e6bbbde21c0434ba406dd1ff40e3012f52
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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R. 1, which became Public Law 108-173 on 12/8/2003.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d484b97554d6a62bcb21c97b2651e7e6bbbde21c0434ba406dd1ff40e3012f52
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Max Baucus (D-MT), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Olympia Snowe (R-ME).
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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.