A joint resolution commending the Inspectors General for their efforts to prevent and detect waste, fraud…

Full title

A joint resolution commending the Inspectors General for their efforts to prevent and detect waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the Federal Government during the past 25 years.

Law · 108-139 · Dec 1, 2003

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R CollinsSponsor

8 cosponsors · 4 D, 4 R

8 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Senate Introduced Sep 29, 2003
Senate Passed Oct 14, 2003
House Passed Nov 17, 2003 326–3
President To the President Nov 19, 2003
President Signed Dec 1, 2003
Law Dec 1, 2003

Recognizes Inspectors General for, and commends their role in, preventing and detecting waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement and promoting economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in Federal programs and operations.

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 1, 2003

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Passed Nov 17, 2003 · 326 Yea – 3 Nay Passage (two-thirds required) Speaker: J. Dennis Hastert

About this bill and sources

Official title: A joint resolution commending the Inspectors General for their efforts to prevent and detect waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, and to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the Federal Government during the past 25 years.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Yea
Jo Bonner	R	AL-1	Not Voting
Terry Everett	R	AL-2	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Not Voting
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Not Voting
Bud Cramer	D	AL-5	Yea
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6	Not Voting
Artur Davis	D	AL-7	Yea
Marion Berry	D	AR-1	Yea
Vic Snyder	D	AR-2	Yea
John Boozman	R	AR-3	Yea
Mike Ross	D	AR-4	Yea
Rick Renzi	R	AZ-1	Yea
Trent Franks	R	AZ-2	Yea
John Shadegg	R	AZ-3	Yea
Ed Pastor	D	AZ-4	Yea
J.D. Hayworth	R	AZ-5	Yea
Jeff Flake	R	AZ-6	Yea
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-7	Yea
Jim Kolbe	R	AZ-8	Not Voting
Mike Thompson	D	CA-1	Yea
Ellen Tauscher	D	CA-10	Yea
Richard Pombo	R	CA-11	Not Voting
Tom Lantos	D	CA-12	Yea
Pete Stark	D	CA-13	Yea
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-14	Yea
Mike Honda	D	CA-15	Yea
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16	Yea
Sam Farr	D	CA-17	Yea
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA-18	Yea
George Radanovich	R	CA-19	Not Voting
Wally Herger	R	CA-2	Not Voting
Cal Dooley	D	CA-20	Yea
Devin Nunes	R	CA-21	Yea
Bill Thomas	R	CA-22	Yea
Lois Capps	D	CA-23	Yea
Elton Gallegly	R	CA-24	Yea
Buck McKeon	R	CA-25	Yea
David Dreier	R	CA-26	Not Voting
Brad Sherman	D	CA-27	Yea
Howard Berman	D	CA-28	Not Voting
Adam Schiff	D	CA-29	Yea
Doug Ose	R	CA-3	Yea
Henry Waxman	D	CA-30	Yea
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-31	Not Voting
Hilda Solis	D	CA-32	Yea
Diane Watson	D	CA-33	Yea
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-34	Yea
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35	Not Voting
Jane Harman	D	CA-36	Yea
Juanita Millender-McDonald	D	CA-37	Yea
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-38	Yea
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-39	Not Voting
John Doolittle	R	CA-4	Not Voting
Ed Royce	R	CA-40	Yea
Jerry Lewis	R	CA-41	Yea
Gary Miller	R	CA-42	Yea
Joe Baca	D	CA-43	Yea
Ken Calvert	R	CA-44	Not Voting
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA-45	Not Voting
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-46	Yea
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-47	Yea
C. Cox	R	CA-48	Yea
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Not Voting
Robert Matsui	D	CA-5	Not Voting
Duke Cunningham	R	CA-50	Yea
Bob Filner	D	CA-51	Yea
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-52	Not Voting
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Yea
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6	Yea
George Miller	D	CA-7	Not Voting
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-8	Not Voting
Barbara Lee	D	CA-9	Yea
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Yea
Mark Udall	D	CO-2	Yea
Scott McInnis	R	CO-3	Yea
Marilyn Musgrave	R	CO-4	Yea
Joel Hefley	R	CO-5	Yea
Tom Tancredo	R	CO-6	Yea
Bob Beauprez	R	CO-7	Not Voting
John Larson	D	CT-1	Yea
Rob Simmons	R	CT-2	Not Voting
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Yea
Christopher Shays	R	CT-4	Yea
Nancy Johnson	R	CT-5	Yea
Michael Castle	R	DE-AL	Yea
Jeff Miller	R	FL-1	Nay
C. Young	R	FL-10	Yea
Jim Davis	D	FL-11	Yea
Adam Putnam	R	FL-12	Yea
Katherine Harris	R	FL-13	Not Voting
Porter Goss	R	FL-14	Yea
Dave Weldon	R	FL-15	Yea
Mark Foley	R	FL-16	Yea
Kendrick Meek	D	FL-17	Not Voting
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18	Yea
Robert Wexler	D	FL-19	Not Voting
Allen Boyd	D	FL-2	Not Voting
Peter Deutsch	D	FL-20	Yea
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	R	FL-21	Yea
E. Shaw	R	FL-22	Yea
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-23	Yea
Tom Feeney	R	FL-24	Yea
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Yea
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3	Yea
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL-4	Yea
Ginny Brown-Waite	R	FL-5	Not Voting
Cliff Stearns	R	FL-6	Yea
John Mica	R	FL-7	Yea
Ric Keller	R	FL-8	Yea
Michael Bilirakis	R	FL-9	Yea
Jack Kingston	R	GA-1	Yea
Nathan Deal	R	GA-10	Yea
Phil Gingrey	R	GA-11	Yea
Max Burns	R	GA-12	Yea
David Scott	D	GA-13	Yea
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Yea
Jim Marshall	D	GA-3	Yea
Denise Majette	D	GA-4	Not Voting
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Yea
Johnny Isakson	R	GA-6	Not Voting
John Linder	R	GA-7	Yea
Mac Collins	R	GA-8	Not Voting
Charlie Norwood	R	GA-9	Yea
Neil Abercrombie	D	HI-1	Yea
Ed Case	D	HI-2	Yea
Jim Nussle	R	IA-1	Not Voting
Jim Leach	R	IA-2	Yea
Leonard Boswell	D	IA-3	Yea
Tom Latham	R	IA-4	Yea
Steve King	R	IA-5	Not Voting
Butch Otter	R	ID-1	Yea
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Yea
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Yea
Mark Kirk	R	IL-10	Yea
Jerry Weller	R	IL-11	Yea
Jerry Costello	D	IL-12	Yea
Judy Biggert	R	IL-13	Yea
Timothy Johnson	R	IL-15	Yea
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16	Yea
Lane Evans	D	IL-17	Yea
Ray LaHood	R	IL-18	Yea
John Shimkus	R	IL-19	Yea
Jesse Jackson	D	IL-2	Yea
William Lipinski	D	IL-3	Not Voting
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Not Voting
Rahm Emanuel	D	IL-5	Not Voting
Henry Hyde	R	IL-6	Yea
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Not Voting
Phil Crane	R	IL-8	Yea
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Not Voting
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Yea
Chris Chocola	R	IN-2	Nay
Mark Souder	R	IN-3	Nay
Steve Buyer	R	IN-4	Yea
Dan Burton	R	IN-5	Yea
Mike Pence	R	IN-6	Yea
Julia Carson	D	IN-7	Not Voting
John Hostettler	R	IN-8	Yea
Baron Hill	D	IN-9	Yea
Jerry Moran	R	KS-1	Yea
Jim Ryun	R	KS-2	Not Voting
Dennis Moore	D	KS-3	Yea
Todd Tiahrt	R	KS-4	Yea
Ed Whitfield	R	KY-1	Yea
Ron Lewis	R	KY-2	Yea
Anne Northup	R	KY-3	Yea
Ken Lucas	D	KY-4	Yea
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Yea
Ernie Fletcher	R	KY-6	Not Voting
David Vitter	R	LA-1	Yea
William Jefferson	D	LA-2	Yea
Billy Tauzin	R	LA-3	Yea
Jim McCrery	R	LA-4	Yea
Rodney Alexander	D	LA-5	Yea
Richard Baker	R	LA-6	Yea
Chris John	D	LA-7	Yea
John Olver	D	MA-1	Yea
Bill Delahunt	D	MA-10	Yea
Richard Neal	D	MA-2	Not Voting
Jim McGovern	D	MA-3	Not Voting
Barney Frank	D	MA-4	Not Voting
Marty Meehan	D	MA-5	Yea
John Tierney	D	MA-6	Not Voting
Ed Markey	D	MA-7	Yea
Michael Capuano	D	MA-8	Not Voting
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-9	Yea
Wayne Gilchrest	R	MD-1	Not Voting
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Yea
Benjamin Cardin	D	MD-3	Yea
Albert Wynn	D	MD-4	Not Voting
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Not Voting
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD-6	Yea
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Yea
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	Yea
Tom Allen	D	ME-1	Not Voting
Michael Michaud	D	ME-2	Yea
Bart Stupak	D	MI-1	Yea
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Not Voting
Thad McCotter	R	MI-11	Yea
Sander Levin	D	MI-12	Yea
Carolyn Kilpatrick	D	MI-13	Yea
John Conyers	D	MI-14	Yea
John Dingell	D	MI-15	Yea
Pete Hoekstra	R	MI-2	Yea
Vernon Ehlers	R	MI-3	Yea
Dave Camp	R	MI-4	Yea
Dale Kildee	D	MI-5	Yea
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Yea
Nick Smith	R	MI-7	Yea
Mike Rogers	R	MI-8	Yea
Joe Knollenberg	R	MI-9	Yea
Gil Gutknecht	R	MN-1	Yea
John Kline	R	MN-2	Yea
Jim Ramstad	R	MN-3	Yea
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Not Voting
Martin Sabo	D	MN-5	Yea
Mark Kennedy	R	MN-6	Yea
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Yea
James Oberstar	D	MN-8	Yea
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Yea
W. Akin	R	MO-2	Not Voting
Dick Gephardt	D	MO-3	Not Voting
Ike Skelton	D	MO-4	Yea
Karen McCarthy	D	MO-5	Yea
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Yea
Roy Blunt	R	MO-7	Not Voting
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO-8	Yea
Kenny Hulshof	R	MO-9	Not Voting
Roger Wicker	R	MS-1	Yea
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Yea
Chip Pickering	R	MS-3	Yea
Gene Taylor	D	MS-4	Yea
Denny Rehberg	R	MT-AL	Yea
Frank Ballance	D	NC-1	Yea
Cass Ballenger	R	NC-10	Yea
Charles Taylor	R	NC-11	Not Voting
Mel Watt	D	NC-12	Yea
Brad Miller	D	NC-13	Yea
Bob Etheridge	D	NC-2	Yea
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Yea
David Price	D	NC-4	Yea
Richard Burr	R	NC-5	Not Voting
Howard Coble	R	NC-6	Yea
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7	Yea
Robin Hayes	R	NC-8	Yea
Sue Myrick	R	NC-9	Not Voting
Earl Pomeroy	D	ND-AL	Yea
Doug Bereuter	R	NE-1	Not Voting
Lee Terry	R	NE-2	Yea
Tom Osborne	R	NE-3	Yea
Jeb Bradley	R	NH-1	Yea
Charlie Bass	R	NH-2	Yea
Rob Andrews	D	NJ-1	Yea
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Yea
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Yea
Rush Holt	D	NJ-12	Yea
Bob Menendez	D	NJ-13	Not Voting
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Yea
Jim Saxton	R	NJ-3	Yea
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Yea
Scott Garrett	R	NJ-5	Yea
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Yea
Mike Ferguson	R	NJ-7	Yea
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-8	Yea
Steven Rothman	D	NJ-9	Yea
Heather Wilson	R	NM-1	Yea
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Yea
Tom Udall	D	NM-3	Yea
Shelley Berkley	D	NV-1	Yea
Jim Gibbons	R	NV-2	Not Voting
Jon Porter	R	NV-3	Yea
Timothy Bishop	D	NY-1	Yea
Ed Towns	D	NY-10	Yea
Major Owens	D	NY-11	Yea
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-12	Not Voting
Vito Fossella	R	NY-13	Yea
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-14	Yea
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-15	Not Voting
José Serrano	D	NY-16	Not Voting
Eliot Engel	D	NY-17	Yea
Nita Lowey	D	NY-18	Not Voting
Sue Kelly	R	NY-19	Yea
Steve Israel	D	NY-2	Yea
John Sweeney	R	NY-20	Not Voting
Michael McNulty	D	NY-21	Yea
Maurice Hinchey	D	NY-22	Yea
John McHugh	R	NY-23	Yea
Sherry Boehlert	R	NY-24	Yea
Jim Walsh	R	NY-25	Not Voting
Thomas Reynolds	R	NY-26	Not Voting
Jack Quinn	R	NY-27	Not Voting
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-28	Yea
Amo Houghton	R	NY-29	Yea
Pete King	R	NY-3	Yea
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY-4	Yea
Gary Ackerman	D	NY-5	Not Voting
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-6	Yea
Joe Crowley	D	NY-7	Yea
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8	Yea
Anthony Weiner	D	NY-9	Not Voting
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Yea
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH-10	Not Voting
Stephanie Jones	D	OH-11	Yea
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Yea
Sherrod Brown	D	OH-13	Yea
Steven LaTourette	R	OH-14	Yea
Deborah Pryce	R	OH-15	Yea
Ralph Regula	R	OH-16	Yea
Tim Ryan	D	OH-17	Yea
Bob Ney	R	OH-18	Yea
Rob Portman	R	OH-2	Yea
Michael Turner	R	OH-3	Yea
Michael Oxley	R	OH-4	Not Voting
Paul Gillmor	R	OH-5	Yea
Ted Strickland	D	OH-6	Yea
Dave Hobson	R	OH-7	Not Voting
John Boehner	R	OH-8	Yea
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Not Voting
John Sullivan	R	OK-1	Yea
Brad Carson	D	OK-2	Not Voting
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Not Voting
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Not Voting
Ernest Istook	R	OK-5	Not Voting
David Wu	D	OR-1	Yea
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Yea
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Not Voting
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Yea
Darlene Hooley	D	OR-5	Yea
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Yea
Don Sherwood	R	PA-10	Yea
Paul Kanjorski	D	PA-11	Yea
John Murtha	D	PA-12	Not Voting
Joseph Hoeffel	D	PA-13	Yea
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Not Voting
Pat Toomey	R	PA-15	Yea
Joseph Pitts	R	PA-16	Not Voting
Tim Holden	D	PA-17	Yea
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Yea
Todd Platts	R	PA-19	Yea
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2	Yea
Phil English	R	PA-3	Yea
Melissa Hart	R	PA-4	Not Voting
John Peterson	R	PA-5	Not Voting
Jim Gerlach	R	PA-6	Yea
Curt Weldon	R	PA-7	Yea
Jim Greenwood	R	PA-8	Yea
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Yea
Patrick Kennedy	D	RI-1	Yea
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Yea
Henry Brown	R	SC-1	Yea
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Yea
J. Gresham Barrett	R	SC-3	Yea
Jim DeMint	R	SC-4	Not Voting
John Spratt	D	SC-5	Yea
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Not Voting
Bill Janklow	R	SD-AL	Yea
Bill Jenkins	R	TN-1	Not Voting
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Yea
Zach Wamp	R	TN-3	Yea
Lincoln Davis	D	TN-4	Yea
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Yea
Bart Gordon	D	TN-6	Yea
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Yea
John Tanner	D	TN-8	Not Voting
Harold Ford	D	TN-9	Yea
Max Sandlin	D	TX-1	Yea
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-10	Yea
Chet Edwards	D	TX-11	Yea
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Yea
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Yea
Ron Paul	R	TX-14	Yea
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15	Yea
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX-16	Not Voting
Charlie Stenholm	D	TX-17	Not Voting
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Not Voting
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX-19	Yea
Jim Turner	D	TX-2	Yea
Charlie Gonzalez	D	TX-20	Not Voting
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Yea
Tom DeLay	R	TX-22	Not Voting
Henry Bonilla	R	TX-23	Not Voting
Martin Frost	D	TX-24	Yea
Chris Bell	D	TX-25	Yea
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Yea
Solomon Ortiz	D	TX-27	Not Voting
Ciro Rodriguez	D	TX-28	Yea
Gene Green	D	TX-29	Yea
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Yea
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Yea
John Carter	R	TX-31	Yea
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Not Voting
Ralph Hall	D	TX-4	Yea
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Yea
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Yea
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Yea
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Yea
Nick Lampson	D	TX-9	Not Voting
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Yea
Jim Matheson	D	UT-2	Yea
Chris Cannon	R	UT-3	Yea
Jo Ann Davis	R	VA-1	Yea
Frank Wolf	R	VA-10	Yea
Tom Davis	R	VA-11	Yea
Ed Schrock	R	VA-2	Yea
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Yea
J. Forbes	R	VA-4	Not Voting
Virgil Goode	R	VA-5	Yea
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Yea
Eric Cantor	R	VA-7	Yea
Jim Moran	D	VA-8	Yea
Rick Boucher	D	VA-9	Yea
Bernie Sanders	I	VT-AL	Not Voting
Jay Inslee	D	WA-1	Yea
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Yea
Brian Baird	D	WA-3	Yea
Doc Hastings	R	WA-4	Yea
George Nethercutt	R	WA-5	Yea
Norm Dicks	D	WA-6	Yea
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7	Yea
Jennifer Dunn	R	WA-8	Not Voting
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Yea
Paul Ryan	R	WI-1	Yea
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI-2	Not Voting
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Not Voting
Jerry Kleczka	D	WI-4	Yea
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Yea
Tom Petri	R	WI-6	Yea
Dave Obey	D	WI-7	Yea
Mark Green	R	WI-8	Yea
Alan Mollohan	D	WV-1	Not Voting
Shelley Capito	R	WV-2	Yea
Nick Rahall	D	WV-3	Yea
Barbara Cubin	R	WY-AL	Yea

A joint resolution commending the Inspectors General for their efforts to prevent and detect waste, fraud…

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Nov 17, 2003