House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-303
Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Act of 2002
Became law on Nov 27, 2002.
Sponsor: Rep. Vernon Ehlers R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 15, 2001
- Committee actionJun 26, 2002
- Passed HouseSep 4, 2002 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 17, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesNov 12, 2002
- To the PresidentNov 15, 2002
- Became lawNov 27, 2002
Latest action: Nov 27, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-303.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1070.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1070, Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2002” on July 3, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on June 26, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 3, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13810
- CBO publication date
- July 3, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1070, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1070
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e4ca28b9afdfd48768d7a299bcc252ae1f548eda2c1411a43ad2052df2b78714
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1070, Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2002” on July 3, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on June 26, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 3, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13810
- CBO publication date
- July 3, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1070, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1070
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e4ca28b9afdfd48768d7a299bcc252ae1f548eda2c1411a43ad2052df2b78714
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1070, Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2002” on October 1, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on September 26, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 1, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14048
- CBO publication date
- October 1, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1070, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1070
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e4ca28b9afdfd48768d7a299bcc252ae1f548eda2c1411a43ad2052df2b78714
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1070, Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2002” on October 1, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on September 26, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 1, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14048
- CBO publication date
- October 1, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1070, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1070
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e4ca28b9afdfd48768d7a299bcc252ae1f548eda2c1411a43ad2052df2b78714
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.
- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 107-587 ↗; S. Rept. 107-312 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 15, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/587
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/312 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1070, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1070
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e4ca28b9afdfd48768d7a299bcc252ae1f548eda2c1411a43ad2052df2b78714
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1070, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
21 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 21 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
James Barcia (D-MI), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Dave Camp (R-MI), Julia Carson (D-IN), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), John Dingell (D-MI), Mark Green (R-WI), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Ron Kind (D-WI), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Lynn Rivers (D-MI), Mike Rogers (R-MI), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Nick Smith (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vernon Ehlers.
- H.R. 1860 (107th) Small Business Technology Transfer Program Reauthorization Act of 2001
- H.R. 100 (107th) National Science Education Act
- H.R. 64 (107th) Strengthening Science at the Environmental Protection Agency Act
- H.R. 2275 (107th) Voting Technology Standards Act of 2001
- H.R. 5395 (107th) Aquatic Invasive Species Research Act
- H.R. 102 (107th) National Science Education Incentive Act of 2001
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.