PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 519.
Congressional Research Service
Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jul 25, 2002
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 - Makes appropriations for FY 2003 for the: (1) Department of Veterans Affairs; (2) Department of Housing and Urban Development; (3) American Battle Monuments Commission; (4) Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (also addresses issues concerning the Board's Inspector General); (5) Department of the Treasury, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account; (6) Interagency Council on the Homeless; (7) Consumer Product Safety Commission; (8) Corporation for National and Community Service, including transfer of funds; (9) U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; (10) Department of Defense-Civil; (11) Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health; (12) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; (13) Environmental Protection Agency; (14) Hazardous Substance Superfund, including transfers of funds; (15) Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality; (16) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (17) Federal Emergency Management Agency, including transfer of funds; (18) Federal Consumer Information Center Fund; (19) National Aeronautics and Space Administration, including transfer of funds; (20) National Credit Union Administration; (21) National Science Foundation; (22) Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and (23) Selective Service System.
People & committees
Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D–MD
Legislative record
A procedural vote is different from passage. Passage in one chamber does not establish enactment. Explore the glossary.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 519.
Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Mikulski. With written report No. 107-222.
Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Mikulski. With written report No. 107-222.
Committee on Appropriations ordered to be reported an original measure.
Introduced in Senate
Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-904.
Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.
Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.
Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.
Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.
Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.
Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.
Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.
Primary sources
Text links open the official source. We currently store references to these documents.
Source last updated: Apr 7, 2025. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.
AI Conversation Starters
Choose a perspective, copy a prompt, and paste it into your preferred AI. Each prompt includes the bill version and available official source links, and asks for counterarguments as well as supporting evidence.
Analyze S.2797 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.
Examine S.2797 through a progressive lens, focusing on fairness, access, economic inequality, and effects on vulnerable communities. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and distinguish stated goals from demonstrated outcomes.
Examine S.2797 through a conservative lens, focusing on fiscal responsibility, institutional stability, federalism, and the scope of government. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and any provisions that challenge this perspective.
Examine S.2797 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.