House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 3, 2001
- Committee actionJun 27, 2002
- Passed HouseSep 18, 2002 · 215–201
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2002 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1701.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1701, Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act” on July 10, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 27, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 10, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13821
- CBO publication date
- July 10, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1701, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1701
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e776b8ceb2112f86df35d517db7e3605222295cc512068bcf41824bb97e9c736
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1701, Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act” on July 10, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 27, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 10, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13821
- CBO publication date
- July 10, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1701, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1701
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e776b8ceb2112f86df35d517db7e3605222295cc512068bcf41824bb97e9c736
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1701, Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act” on September 6, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 5, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 6, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13970
- CBO publication date
- September 6, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1701, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1701
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e776b8ceb2112f86df35d517db7e3605222295cc512068bcf41824bb97e9c736
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1701, Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act” on September 6, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 5, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 6, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13970
- CBO publication date
- September 6, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1701, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1701
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e776b8ceb2112f86df35d517db7e3605222295cc512068bcf41824bb97e9c736
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. 107-590,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 107-590,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 9, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/590
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/590 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1701, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1701
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e776b8ceb2112f86df35d517db7e3605222295cc512068bcf41824bb97e9c736
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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
83 cosponsors — 54 Republicans, 29 Democrats
31 of 83 cosponsors (37%) are from the other party.
Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Brad Carson (D-OK), Bob Clement (D-TN), James Clyburn (D-SC), John Cooksey (R-LA), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Norman Dicks (D-WA), John Duncan (R-TN), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Phil English (R-PA), Harold Ford (D-TN), Martin Frost (D-TX), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Van Hilleary (R-TN), Tim Holden (D-PA), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Kenny Hulshof (R-MO) and 53 more.
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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.