Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to preserve existing judgeships on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2003
- Committee actionOct 22, 2003
- Passed SenateNov 20, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 21, 2003 — Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1561.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1561, A bill to preserve exisiting judgeships on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia” on October 28, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on October 22, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 28, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14893
- CBO publication date
- October 28, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1561, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1561
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c9d3eb8e3879dc3d0e1b251133ded3bacf68fd3c1ba8681e899ff9607b37fcd5
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1561, A bill to preserve exisiting judgeships on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia” on October 28, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on October 22, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 28, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14893
- CBO publication date
- October 28, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1561, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1561
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c9d3eb8e3879dc3d0e1b251133ded3bacf68fd3c1ba8681e899ff9607b37fcd5
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. 108-200 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on November 19, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 19, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/200
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1561, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1561
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c9d3eb8e3879dc3d0e1b251133ded3bacf68fd3c1ba8681e899ff9607b37fcd5
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1561, last updated April 7, 2025. 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 — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
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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.