Saved history · 2003 and 2004

Laws of the 108th Congress

The 498 public laws in our saved record for the Congress that met from January 3, 2003 to January 3, 2005, with the House and Senate tallies from the official vote files.

498 laws
144 with a recorded vote · 354 passed with no recorded vote

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64,456 individual votes saved for this Congress.

Laws with a recorded vote

Plain-language accounts for laws before January 3, 2025: Not started. A law's page shows the official title, the member votes we have saved and our saved files.

Public Law 108-90 · Became law Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004

Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 417–8Senate: voice vote
Public Law 108-87 · Became law Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 407–15Senate 95–0
Public Law 108-86 · Became law Postmasters Equity Act of 2003

To amend chapter 10 of title 39, United States Code, to include postmasters and postmasters' organizations in the process for the development and planning of certain policies, schedules, and programs, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 426–0Senate: without objection
H.J.Res. 69 · Became law Public Law 108-84

Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 407–8Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-83 · Became law Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 371–56Senate: without objection
H.R. 3161 · Became law Public Law 108-82

To ratify the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to establish a do-not-call registry.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 412–8Senate 95–0
Public Law 108-78 · Became law United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

To implement the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 272–155Senate 66–32
Public Law 108-77 · Became law United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

To implement the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 270–156Senate 65–32
Public Law 108-76 · Became law Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003

To provide the Secretary of Education with specific waiver authority to respond to a war or other military operation or national emergency.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 421–1Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-73 · Became law Family Farmer Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2003

To extend for six months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 379–3Senate: without objection
H.R. 1761 · Became law Public Law 108-71

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9350 East Corporate Hill Drive in Wichita, Kansas, as the “Garner E. Shriver Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 415–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 1018 · Became law Public Law 108-70

To designate the building located at 1 Federal Plaza in New York, New York, as the “James L. Watson United States Court of International Trade Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 380–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-69 · Became law Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2003

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 352–60Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-61 · Became law Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003

To sanction the ruling Burmese military junta, to strengthen Burma's democratic forces and support and recognize the National League of Democracy as the legitimate representative of the Burmese people, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 418–2Senate 94–1
S. 858 · Became law Public Law 108-59

To extend the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 409–2Senate: without objection
H.R. 2474 · Became law Public Law 108-58

To authorize the Congressional Hunger Center to award Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships for fiscal years 2003 and 2004.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 411–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 1740 · Became law Public Law 108-56

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1502 East Kiest Boulevard in Dallas, Texas, as the “Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 405–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 1609 · Became law Public Law 108-55

To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 West Boston Street in Brookfield, Missouri, as the “Admiral Donald Davis Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 423–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 1596 · Became law Public Law 108-54

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2318 Woodson Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the “Timothy Michael Gaffney Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 405–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 1465 · Became law Public Law 108-53

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4832 East Highway 27 in Iron Station, North Carolina, as the “General Charles Gabriel Post Office”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 371–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 1368 · Became law Public Law 108-52

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7554 Pacific Avenue in Stockton, California, as the “Norman D. Shumway Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 380–0Senate: without objection
H.R. 1055 · Became law Public Law 108-51

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1901 West Evans Street in Florence, South Carolina, as the “Dr. Roswell N. Beck Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 383–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-44 · Became law Accountant, Compliance, and Enforcement Staffing Act of 2003

To provide for the protection of investors, increase confidence in the capital markets system, and fully implement the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 by streamlining the hiring process for certain employment positions in the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 423–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-43 · Became law Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Boundary Revision Act

To revise the boundary of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in the States of Utah and Arizona.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 423–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-41 · Became law Automatic Defibrillation in Adam's Memory Act

To authorize the use of certain grant funds to establish an information clearinghouse that provides information to increase public access to defibrillation in schools.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 415–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-40 · Became law Welfare Reform Extension Act of 2003

To reauthorize the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant program through fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 406–6Senate: without objection
S. 703 · Became law Public Law 108-37

To designate the regional headquarters building for the National Park Service under construction in Omaha, Nebraska, as the “Carl T. Curtis National Park Service Midwest Regional Headquarters Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 378–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-36 · Became law Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003

To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to make improvements to and reauthorize programs under that Act, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 421–3Senate: without objection
S. 763 · Became law Public Law 108-35

To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 46 East Ohio Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the “Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 383–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-34 · Became law Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2003

To approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe in Apache County, Arizona, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 389–3Senate: without objection
H.R. 1625 · Became law Public Law 108-33

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1114 Main Avenue in Clifton, New Jersey, as the “Robert P. Hammer Post Office Building”.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 405–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-32 · Became law Grand Teton National Park Land Exchange Act

To provide for the expeditious completion of the acquisition of land owned by the State of Wyoming within the boundaries of Grand Teton National Park, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 375–4Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-29 · Became law Veterans' Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act of 2003

To further the protection and recognition of veterans' memorials, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 419–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-27 · Became law Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 231–200Senate 50–50
Public Law 108-26 · Became law Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 2003

To extend the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 409–19Senate: without objection
H.J.Res. 51 · Became law Public Law 108-24

Increasing the statutory limit on the public debt.

Plain-language account: Not started
House: Not checked yetSenate 53–44
Public Law 108-21 · Became law PROTECT Act

To prevent child abduction and the sexual exploitation of children, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 400–25Senate 98–0
Public Law 108-18 · Became law Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003

To amend chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, to reform the funding of benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System for employees of the United States Postal Service, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 424–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-16 · Became law Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2003

To provide for the eradication and control of nutria in Maryland and Louisiana.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 385–30Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-15 · Became law American 5-Cent Coin Design Continuity Act of 2003

To ensure continuity for the design of the 5-cent coin, establish the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 412–5Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-10 · Became law Do-Not-Call Implementation Act

To authorize the Federal Trade Commission to collect fees for the implementation and enforcement of a “do-not-call” registry, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 418–7Senate: without objection
H.J.Res. 19 · Became law Public Law 108-9

Recognizing the 92d birthday of Ronald Reagan.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 406–0Senate: without objection
Public Law 108-7 · Became law Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003

Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 338–83Senate 76–20
S. 23 · Became law Public Law 108-1

To provide for a 5-month extension of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 and for a transition period for individuals receiving compensation when the program under such Act ends.

Plain-language account: Not started
House 416–4Senate: without objection
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