Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Buffalo Soldiers Commemoration Act of 2003
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2003
- Committee actionJun 25, 2003
- Passed SenateJul 17, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 24, 2003 — Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 499.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 499, Buffalo Soldier Commemoration Act of 2003” on June 26, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 25, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14576
- CBO publication date
- June 26, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 499, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/499
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
acc24bc33127420925f82615b09e5f6e4cbd2892c441259f88f70e660a482d34
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 499, Buffalo Soldier Commemoration Act of 2003” on June 26, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 25, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14576
- CBO publication date
- June 26, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 499, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/499
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
acc24bc33127420925f82615b09e5f6e4cbd2892c441259f88f70e660a482d34
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. 108-92 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on July 11, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 11, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/92
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 499, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/499
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
acc24bc33127420925f82615b09e5f6e4cbd2892c441259f88f70e660a482d34
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 499, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
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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.