Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Improvement Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2003
- Committee actionFeb 12, 2003
- Passed SenateJul 17, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2003 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 314.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 314, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Improvement Act” on March 24, 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 February 12, 2003.</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 24, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14350
- CBO publication date
- March 24, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 314, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/314
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9f3546497353a694111de776afda68bfb72ba23ffc418cde80cdefb8ce59f1f4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 314, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Improvement Act” on March 24, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on February 12, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 24, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14350
- CBO publication date
- March 24, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 314, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/314
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9f3546497353a694111de776afda68bfb72ba23ffc418cde80cdefb8ce59f1f4
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. 108-45 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on May 12, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 12, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/45
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 314, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/314
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9f3546497353a694111de776afda68bfb72ba23ffc418cde80cdefb8ce59f1f4
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 314, last updated April 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
5 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat
4 of 5 cosponsors (80%) are from the other party.
Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Michael Enzi (R-WY), William Frist (R-TN), Judd Gregg (R-NH).
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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.