Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2003
- Committee action—
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 29, 2003 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1741-1744)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 238.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R. 13, which became Public Law 108-81 on 9/25/2003.Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 238, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/238
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 238, last updated February 10, 2026. 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
29 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 23 Democrats, 1 independent
6 of 29 cosponsors (21%) are from the other party.
Max Baucus (D-MT), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), John Edwards (D-NC), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), James Jeffords (I-VT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Harry Reid (D-NV), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Olympia Snowe (R-ME).
More from the sponsor
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- S. 1636 (108th) A bill to preserve the ability of the Federal Housing Administration to insure mortgages under section 238 and 519 of the National Housing…
- S. 1902 (108th) A bill to establish a National Commission on Digestive Diseases.
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.