Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 14, 2003
- Committee actionJul 17, 2003
- Passed SenateOct 31, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 5, 2004 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Projection Forces.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1400.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1400, Ocean and Coastal Observation Systems Act” on September 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 July 17, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 4, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14734
- CBO publication date
- September 4, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1400, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1400
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
be24c77a1b04fa676a6287305e8e9c49832370a06560965d8e7155274c88738f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1400, Ocean and Coastal Observation Systems Act” on September 4, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 17, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 4, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14734
- CBO publication date
- September 4, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1400, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1400
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
be24c77a1b04fa676a6287305e8e9c49832370a06560965d8e7155274c88738f
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. 108-171 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on October 23, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 23, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/171
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1400, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1400
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
be24c77a1b04fa676a6287305e8e9c49832370a06560965d8e7155274c88738f
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. 1400, 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
8 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 8 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), John Kerry (D-MA), Chester Lott (R-MS), John McCain (R-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Olympia Snowe.
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- S. 247 (108th) Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2003
- S. 1375 (108th) Small Business Administration 50th Anniversary Reauthorization Act of 2003
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.