Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 22, 2003
- Committee actionSep 30, 2003
- Passed SenateOct 31, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2003 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1132.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1132, Veterans' Benefits Enhancements Act of 2003” on October 16, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on September 30, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14830
- CBO publication date
- October 16, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1132, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1132
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
81e73ab0a4e7878e96e6921738c14d53b5b5461a18524fcf989f6e8be1e3783a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1132, Veterans' Benefits Enhancements Act of 2003” on October 16, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on September 30, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14830
- CBO publication date
- October 16, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1132, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1132
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
81e73ab0a4e7878e96e6921738c14d53b5b5461a18524fcf989f6e8be1e3783a
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: S. Rept. 108-169 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on October 21, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 21, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/169
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1132, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1132
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
81e73ab0a4e7878e96e6921738c14d53b5b5461a18524fcf989f6e8be1e3783a
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 H.R. 2297, which became Public Law 108-183 on 12/16/2003.Source: Congress.gov, record updated May 29, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1132, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1132
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
81e73ab0a4e7878e96e6921738c14d53b5b5461a18524fcf989f6e8be1e3783a
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1132, last updated May 29, 2026. 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- S. 2484 (108th) Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Enhancement Act of 2004
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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.