Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2003
Sponsor: Sen. Olympia Snowe R-MEWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2003
- Committee actionJun 19, 2003
- Passed SenateOct 28, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 29, 2003 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 247.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 247, Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2003” on July 14, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 17, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 14, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14617
- CBO publication date
- July 14, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 247, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
99a69bf717ccb9e4cf2e15a16d213586939898136fea33e71797fd960747dd64
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 247, Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2003” on July 14, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 17, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 14, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14617
- CBO publication date
- July 14, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 247, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
99a69bf717ccb9e4cf2e15a16d213586939898136fea33e71797fd960747dd64
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. 108-125 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on August 26, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 26, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/125
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 247, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
99a69bf717ccb9e4cf2e15a16d213586939898136fea33e71797fd960747dd64
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.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.3014, which became Public Law 108-456 on 12/10/2004.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 247, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/247
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
99a69bf717ccb9e4cf2e15a16d213586939898136fea33e71797fd960747dd64
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 247, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
John Breaux (D-LA), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Carl Levin (D-MI), George Voinovich (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Olympia Snowe.
- S. 141 (108th) A bill to improve the calculation of the Federal subsidy rate with respect to certain small business loans, and for other purposes.
- S. 3014 (108th) Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2004
- S. 1895 (108th) A bill to temporarily extend the programs under the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 through March 15…
- S. 1053 (108th) Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2003
- S. 1400 (108th) Ocean and Coastal Observation Systems Act
- 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.