Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Poverty Reduction and Prevention Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 28, 2003
- Committee actionOct 29, 2003
- Passed SenateFeb 12, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 11, 2004 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1786.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1786, Improving the Poverty Reduction and Prevention Act” on November 21, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on October 29, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15053
- CBO publication date
- November 21, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1786, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1786
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a06379b211cf077f6f4b60812c9271ecdd982e9fa6febc3d95ad1944c216d64a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1786, Improving the Poverty Reduction and Prevention Act” on November 21, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on October 29, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15053
- CBO publication date
- November 21, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1786, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1786
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a06379b211cf077f6f4b60812c9271ecdd982e9fa6febc3d95ad1944c216d64a
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. 108-210 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on November 25, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 25, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/210
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1786, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1786
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a06379b211cf077f6f4b60812c9271ecdd982e9fa6febc3d95ad1944c216d64a
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1786, last updated July 21, 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
27 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 17 Democrats, 2 independents
19 of 27 cosponsors (70%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), James Jeffords (I-VT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Rick Santorum (R-PA), Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), John Sununu (R-NH), George Voinovich (R-OH).
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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.