Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2003
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 17, 2003
- Committee actionMar 13, 2003
- Passed SenateApr 30, 2003 · 97–0
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 21, 2003 — Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 196.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 196, Digital and Wireless Network Technology Program Act of 2003” on March 18, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology on March 13, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 18, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14340
- CBO publication date
- March 18, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 196, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/196
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
716ffcafa199e96061ca5ea9d7405da1f6cc29ce87d6cd0d17ea1ac1da4d09a9
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 196, Digital and Wireless Network Technology Program Act of 2003” on March 18, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology on March 13, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 18, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14340
- CBO publication date
- March 18, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 196, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/196
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
716ffcafa199e96061ca5ea9d7405da1f6cc29ce87d6cd0d17ea1ac1da4d09a9
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. 108-34 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on April 7, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 7, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/34
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 196, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/196
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
716ffcafa199e96061ca5ea9d7405da1f6cc29ce87d6cd0d17ea1ac1da4d09a9
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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
26 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 26 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Tim Johnson (D-SD), John Kerry (D-MA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Chester Lott (R-MS), John McCain (R-AZ), Zell Miller (D-GA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Rick Santorum (R-PA), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Theodore Stevens (R-AK), Jim Talent (R-MO), John Warner (R-VA).
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.