Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to elevate the position of Director of the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 6, 2003
- Committee actionMay 14, 2003
- Passed SenateJul 16, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 24, 2003 — Executive Comment Requested from HHS.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 558.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 558, A bill to elevate the position of Director of the Indian Health Service within the Dept. of HHS to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health...” on May 22, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on May 14, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 22, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14465
- CBO publication date
- May 22, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 558, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/558
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4d533a5acd049bda45857dadc16fe0e347cd7bcea1272fd29e668802d182074c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 558, A bill to elevate the position of Director of the Indian Health Service within the Dept. of HHS to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health...” on May 22, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on May 14, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 22, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14465
- CBO publication date
- May 22, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 558, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/558
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4d533a5acd049bda45857dadc16fe0e347cd7bcea1272fd29e668802d182074c
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. 108-76 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on June 18, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 18, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/76
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 558, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/558
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4d533a5acd049bda45857dadc16fe0e347cd7bcea1272fd29e668802d182074c
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 558, last updated June 20, 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 — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 7 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Patty Murray (D-WA).
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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.