Senate bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-36
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2003
- Committee actionFeb 12, 2003
- Passed SenateMar 19, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseMar 26, 2003 · without objection
- Resolving differencesMay 22, 2003
- To the PresidentJun 24, 2003
- Became lawJun 25, 2003
Latest action: Jun 25, 2003 — Became Public Law No: 108-36.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 342.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 342, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003” on February 24, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill<br /> As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14288
- CBO publication date
- February 24, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 342, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/342
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7ebf8ad04236364b0c326ced771a9f10130c95b3062799031616519b6d5abff4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 342, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003” on February 24, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14288
- CBO publication date
- February 24, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 342, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/342
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7ebf8ad04236364b0c326ced771a9f10130c95b3062799031616519b6d5abff4
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 108-12 ↗; H. Rept. 108-150 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on March 4, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 4, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/12
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/150 - Congress.gov bill record
- S. 342, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/342
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7ebf8ad04236364b0c326ced771a9f10130c95b3062799031616519b6d5abff4
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 342, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Edward Kennedy (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Judd Gregg.
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- S. 15 (108th) Project BioShield Act of 2004
- S. 1929 (108th) Mental Health Parity Reauthorization Act of 2003
- S.Res. 351 (108th) A resolution congratulating charter schools and their students, parents, teachers, and administrators across the United States for their…
- S. 2283 (108th) State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act of 2004
- S.Res. 125 (108th) A resolution designating April 28, 2003, through May 2, 2003, as "National Charter Schools Week", and for other purposes.
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.