Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2003
- Committee actionJun 11, 2003
- Passed SenateNov 25, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2003 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 648.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 648, Pharmacy Education Aid Act of 2003” on July 31, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on June 11, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 31, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14677
- CBO publication date
- July 31, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 648, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/648
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9e8bf2d594a41b9a188a1503b2e7c7d2987472e93070d1e6e32856a90bade35b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 648, Pharmacy Education Aid Act of 2003” on July 31, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on June 11, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 31, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14677
- CBO publication date
- July 31, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 648, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/648
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9e8bf2d594a41b9a188a1503b2e7c7d2987472e93070d1e6e32856a90bade35b
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. 108-189 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on November 6, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 6, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/189
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 648, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/648
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9e8bf2d594a41b9a188a1503b2e7c7d2987472e93070d1e6e32856a90bade35b
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. 648, 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
11 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 6 Democrats
5 of 11 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), John Warner (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
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- S. 1636 (108th) A bill to preserve the ability of the Federal Housing Administration to insure mortgages under section 238 and 519 of the National Housing…
- S. 238 (108th) Museum and Library Services Act of 2003
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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.