House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-246
Russian Democracy Act of 2002
Became law on Oct 23, 2002.
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Lantos D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2001
- Committee actionNov 1, 2001
- Passed HouseDec 11, 2001 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 20, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesOct 7, 2002
- To the PresidentOct 11, 2002
- Became lawOct 23, 2002
Latest action: Oct 23, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-246.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2121.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2121, Russia Democracy Act of 2001” on November 6, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on November 1, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 6, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13357
- CBO publication date
- November 6, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2121, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2121
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ce6630701c89084fbadc0755bbdf604929cdd3f6eba74b2992c47db2c4f9c444
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2121, Russia Democracy Act of 2001” on November 6, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on November 1, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 6, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13357
- CBO publication date
- November 6, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2121, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2121
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ce6630701c89084fbadc0755bbdf604929cdd3f6eba74b2992c47db2c4f9c444
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2121, Russia Democracy Act of 2002” on August 14, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on August 1, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 14, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13942
- CBO publication date
- August 14, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2121, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2121
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ce6630701c89084fbadc0755bbdf604929cdd3f6eba74b2992c47db2c4f9c444
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2121, Russia Democracy Act of 2002” on August 14, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on August 1, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 14, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13942
- CBO publication date
- August 14, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2121, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2121
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ce6630701c89084fbadc0755bbdf604929cdd3f6eba74b2992c47db2c4f9c444
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2121, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 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
13 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 12 Democrats
1 of 13 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Martin Frost (D-TX), Earl Hilliard (D-AL), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Brad Sherman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3169 (107th) International Disability and Victims of Landmines, Civil Strife and Warfare Assistance 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.