House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-208
Child Status Protection Act
Became law on Aug 6, 2002.
Sponsor: Rep. George Gekas R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2001
- Committee actionApr 4, 2001
- Passed HouseJun 6, 2001 · 416–0
- Passed SenateJun 13, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesJul 22, 2002
- To the PresidentJul 30, 2002
- Became lawAug 6, 2002
Latest action: Aug 6, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-208.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1209.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1209, Child Status Protection Act of 2001” on April 16, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 4, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 16, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13025
- CBO publication date
- April 16, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1209, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1209
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e16c9c71850f601bc0e5141515f0e59661737223e121d2253135856bb319adbe
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1209, Child Status Protection Act of 2001” on April 16, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 4, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 16, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13025
- CBO publication date
- April 16, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1209, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1209
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e16c9c71850f601bc0e5141515f0e59661737223e121d2253135856bb319adbe
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1209, Child Status Protection Act” on June 6, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 16, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 6, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13718
- CBO publication date
- June 6, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1209, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1209
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e16c9c71850f601bc0e5141515f0e59661737223e121d2253135856bb319adbe
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1209, Child Status Protection Act” on June 6, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 16, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 6, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13718
- CBO publication date
- June 6, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1209, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1209
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e16c9c71850f601bc0e5141515f0e59661737223e121d2253135856bb319adbe
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1209, Child Status Protection Act” on July 30, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 22, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 30, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13876
- CBO publication date
- July 30, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1209, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1209
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e16c9c71850f601bc0e5141515f0e59661737223e121d2253135856bb319adbe
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1209, Child Status Protection Act” on July 30, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 22, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 30, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13876
- CBO publication date
- July 30, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1209, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1209
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e16c9c71850f601bc0e5141515f0e59661737223e121d2253135856bb319adbe
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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 107-45 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 16, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/45
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1209, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1209
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e16c9c71850f601bc0e5141515f0e59661737223e121d2253135856bb319adbe
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.