House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 25, 2001
- Committee actionSep 25, 2002
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 8, 2002 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 456.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2037.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2037, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act” on October 3, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 25, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14064
- CBO publication date
- October 3, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2037, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2037
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
72d3d13a0ccfb91475232ed1c908a720fc7560e3e894ca4ff2ea927ecd823d20
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2037, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act” on October 3, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 25, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14064
- CBO publication date
- October 3, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2037, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2037
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
72d3d13a0ccfb91475232ed1c908a720fc7560e3e894ca4ff2ea927ecd823d20
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2037, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act” on October 4, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 2, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 4, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14082
- CBO publication date
- October 4, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2037, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2037
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
72d3d13a0ccfb91475232ed1c908a720fc7560e3e894ca4ff2ea927ecd823d20
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2037, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act” on October 4, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 2, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 4, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14082
- CBO publication date
- October 4, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2037, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2037
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
72d3d13a0ccfb91475232ed1c908a720fc7560e3e894ca4ff2ea927ecd823d20
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. 107-727,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 107-727,Part 1 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 8, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/727
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/727 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2037, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2037
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
72d3d13a0ccfb91475232ed1c908a720fc7560e3e894ca4ff2ea927ecd823d20
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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
231 cosponsors — 187 Republicans, 44 Democrats
46 of 231 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Dick Armey (R-TX), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Marion Berry (D-AR), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN) and 201 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.