Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to amend chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that certain Federal annuity computations are adjusted by 1 percentage point relating to periods of receiving disability payments, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. George Allen R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2003
- Committee actionJun 17, 2003
- Passed SenateJul 28, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 2003 — Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 481.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 481, A bill to amend chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that certain federal annuity computations are adjusted by 1 percentage point relating to periods of receiving disability payments, and for other purposes.” on June 24, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Govenmental Affairs on June 17, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14557
- CBO publication date
- June 24, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 481, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/481
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7e54ae42770da954d9696230c6db9db9152a8a99fe191447e73589500ba9696d
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 481, A bill to amend chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that certain federal annuity computations are adjusted by 1 percentage point relating to periods of receiving disability payments, and for other purposes.” on June 24, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Govenmental Affairs on June 17, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14557
- CBO publication date
- June 24, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 481, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/481
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7e54ae42770da954d9696230c6db9db9152a8a99fe191447e73589500ba9696d
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. 108-108 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 21, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 21, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/108
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 481, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/481
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7e54ae42770da954d9696230c6db9db9152a8a99fe191447e73589500ba9696d
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R. 978, which became Public Law 108-92 on 10/3/2003.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 481, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/481
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7e54ae42770da954d9696230c6db9db9152a8a99fe191447e73589500ba9696d
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 481, last updated April 7, 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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Theodore Stevens (R-AK), John Warner (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
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- S. 196 (108th) Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act of 2003
- S.Res. 58 (108th) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should designate the week beginning June 1, 2003, as "National Citizen…
- S.Con.Res. 15 (108th) A concurrent resolution commemorating the 140th anniversary of the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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.