Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act of 2003
Sponsor: Sen. Daniel Akaka D-HIWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2003
- Committee actionJun 17, 2003
- Passed SenateNov 5, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 13, 2004 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 589.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 589, Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act” on July 1, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on June 17, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 1, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14595
- CBO publication date
- July 1, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 589, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/589
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
38adc95271086f1c83de5131164a9f4643f726f69b4e487d31513b5dbf832839
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 589, Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act” on July 1, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on June 17, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 1, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14595
- CBO publication date
- July 1, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 589, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/589
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
38adc95271086f1c83de5131164a9f4643f726f69b4e487d31513b5dbf832839
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. 108-119 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 31, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 31, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/119
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 589, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/589
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
38adc95271086f1c83de5131164a9f4643f726f69b4e487d31513b5dbf832839
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 589, last updated March 23, 2026. 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
8 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 2 Democrats
6 of 8 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
George Allen (R-VA), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), George Voinovich (R-OH), John Warner (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Daniel Akaka.
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- S.Res. 48 (108th) A resolution designating April 2003 as "Financial Literacy for Youth Month".
- S. 546 (108th) Paleontological Resources Preservation Act
- S. 2322 (108th) A bill to amend chapter 90 of title 5, United States Code, to include employees of the District of Columbia courts as participants in long…
- S. 960 (108th) Hawaii Water Resources Act of 2004
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.