Senate bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-155
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2003
- Committee actionMar 19, 2003
- Passed SenateJul 23, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseNov 19, 2003 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentNov 21, 2003
- Became lawDec 3, 2003
Latest action: Dec 3, 2003 — Became Public Law No: 108-155.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 650.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 650, Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2003” on July 15, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on June 27, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14632
- CBO publication date
- July 15, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 650, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/650
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c2725a9f07c26664a891aa4e1f84bc4911ecbabf334427b3628ed7df52addab2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 650, Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2003” on July 15, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on June 27, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 15, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14632
- CBO publication date
- July 15, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 650, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/650
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c2725a9f07c26664a891aa4e1f84bc4911ecbabf334427b3628ed7df52addab2
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. 108-84 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on June 27, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 27, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/84
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 650, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/650
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c2725a9f07c26664a891aa4e1f84bc4911ecbabf334427b3628ed7df52addab2
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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
6 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 6 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), William Frist (R-TN), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), 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.