House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-273
21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act
Became law on Nov 2, 2002.
Sponsor: Rep. F. Sensenbrenner R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 19, 2001
- Committee actionJun 20, 2001
- Passed HouseJul 23, 2001 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 20, 2001 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesSep 25, 2002
- To the PresidentOct 23, 2002
- Became lawNov 2, 2002
Latest action: Nov 2, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-273.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2215.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2215, 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act” on July 6, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 20, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 6, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13150
- CBO publication date
- July 6, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2215, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2215
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a03c06f2a5f93422dd1182fc185c0e0cd08efae5b1f5f1eded47f30c353b9bf4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2215, 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act” on July 6, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 20, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 6, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13150
- CBO publication date
- July 6, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2215, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2215
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a03c06f2a5f93422dd1182fc185c0e0cd08efae5b1f5f1eded47f30c353b9bf4
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. 107-125 ↗; H. Rept. 107-685 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 30, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/125
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/685 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2215, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2215
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a03c06f2a5f93422dd1182fc185c0e0cd08efae5b1f5f1eded47f30c353b9bf4
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteThe House identified numerous bills with provisions similar to H.R. 2215. Provisions from several bills were incorporated in H.R. 2215 at the conference level, including S. 407, implementing the Madrid Protocol, a trademark treaty; and S. 1754, reauthorizing the Patent and Trademark Office.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2215, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2215
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a03c06f2a5f93422dd1182fc185c0e0cd08efae5b1f5f1eded47f30c353b9bf4
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2215, last updated August 10, 2026. 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
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.