House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Small Business Liability Protection Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2001
- Committee actionMay 17, 2001
- Passed HouseMay 22, 2001 · 419–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 13, 2001 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1831.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1831, Small Business Liability Protection Act” on May 17, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 16, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13056
- CBO publication date
- May 17, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1831, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1831
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cb3462ae8b9ef5a6a82d9831e579469dce7c9069def33afaa14939653e0d329b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1831, Small Business Liability Protection Act” on May 17, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 17, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13057
- CBO publication date
- May 17, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1831, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1831
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cb3462ae8b9ef5a6a82d9831e579469dce7c9069def33afaa14939653e0d329b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1831, Small Business Liability Protection Act” on May 17, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 16, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13056
- CBO publication date
- May 17, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1831, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1831
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cb3462ae8b9ef5a6a82d9831e579469dce7c9069def33afaa14939653e0d329b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1831, Small Business Liability Protection Act” on May 17, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 17, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13057
- CBO publication date
- May 17, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1831, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1831
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cb3462ae8b9ef5a6a82d9831e579469dce7c9069def33afaa14939653e0d329b
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. 107-70,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 107-70,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 21, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/70
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/70 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1831, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1831
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cb3462ae8b9ef5a6a82d9831e579469dce7c9069def33afaa14939653e0d329b
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R. 2869, which became Public Law 107-118 on 1/11/2002.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1831, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/1831
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cb3462ae8b9ef5a6a82d9831e579469dce7c9069def33afaa14939653e0d329b
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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
81 cosponsors — 43 Republicans, 38 Democrats
39 of 81 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Richard Baker (R-LA), James Barcia (D-MI), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Charles Bass (R-NH), Marion Berry (D-AR), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Robert Borski (D-PA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Burr (R-NC), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Lois Capps (D-CA), Gary Condit (D-CA), John Cooksey (R-LA), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), John Duncan (R-TN), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Lane Evans (D-IL) and 51 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.