House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 25, 2005
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 18, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 303.
- Congress.gov noteOn 5/24/2005, a motion was filed to discharge the Rules Committee from consideration of H.Res.270 a resolution providing for the consideration of H.R.303. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures for further action. (Discharge Petition No. 109-2: text with signatures.)Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 303, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/303
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
240 cosponsors — 92 Republicans, 147 Democrats, 1 independent
148 of 240 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Charles Bass (R-NH), Melissa Bean (D-IL), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Marion Berry (D-AR), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Jeb Bradley (R-NH), Corrine Brown (D-FL) and 210 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Bilirakis.
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- H.R. 1554 (109th) Christopher and Dana Reeve Quality of Life for Persons with Paralysis Act
- H.R. 3205 (109th) Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005
- H.R. 5201 (109th) Health Centers Renewal Act of 2006
- H.R. 896 (109th) Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2005
- H.R. 1366 (109th) Combat-Related Special Compensation Act of 2005
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.