Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 10, 2003
- Committee actionJun 26, 2003
- Passed SenateMar 24, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 8, 2004 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1218.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1218, Oceans and Human Health Act” on August 4, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 26, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 4, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14686
- CBO publication date
- August 4, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1218, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1218
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b127f232ae146393709610ccbff847aacf8409aa2cf02285e56721a7585bc25
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1218, Oceans and Human Health Act” on August 4, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 26, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 4, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14686
- CBO publication date
- August 4, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1218, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1218
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b127f232ae146393709610ccbff847aacf8409aa2cf02285e56721a7585bc25
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. 108-203 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on November 20, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 20, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/203
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1218, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1218
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b127f232ae146393709610ccbff847aacf8409aa2cf02285e56721a7585bc25
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1218, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
10 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 8 Democrats
2 of 10 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
John Breaux (D-LA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Carl Levin (D-MI), Clarence Nelson (D-FL), Theodore Stevens (R-AK).
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.