Senate bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-60
A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Became law on Jul 17, 2003.
Sponsor: Sen. Elizabeth Dole R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2003
- Committee actionMay 7, 2003
- Passed SenateMay 15, 2003 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseJul 14, 2003 · without objection
- To the PresidentJul 16, 2003
- Became lawJul 17, 2003
Latest action: Jul 17, 2003 — Became Public Law No: 108-60.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 709.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 709, A bill to award a Congressional gold medal to Prime Minister Tony Blair” on May 13, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on May 9, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14436
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 709, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/709
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ade4ebac712b60f08fc1c3fcdb0ce5fbdb274394bb1e79c79ddbb3fbf921f461
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 709, A bill to award a Congressional gold medal to Prime Minister Tony Blair” on May 13, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on May 9, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14436
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 709, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/709
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ade4ebac712b60f08fc1c3fcdb0ce5fbdb274394bb1e79c79ddbb3fbf921f461
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 709, last updated April 7, 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
78 cosponsors — 47 Republicans, 30 Democrats, 1 independent
30 of 78 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), A. Allard (R-CO), George Allen (R-VA), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Larry Craig (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Pete Domenici (R-NM), John Edwards (D-NC), John Ensign (R-NV), Michael Enzi (R-WY) and 48 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Elizabeth Dole.
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- S. 420 (108th) Lumbee Recognition Act
- S. 1549 (108th) A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in an…
- S. 2494 (108th) Hunger Relief Trucking Tax Credit Act
- S.J.Res. 25 (108th) A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the line item veto.
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.