Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2356.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2356, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2001” on July 11, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Committee on House Administration on July 10, 2001</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2001 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13153

  CBO publication date

  July 11, 2001

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2356, 107th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2356

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  91ac5c3cc072c085ad765cede99c976966685673f7707b18bb889142423f0f79

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2356, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2001” on July 11, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Committee on House Administration on July 10, 2001”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2001 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13153

  CBO publication date

  July 11, 2001

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2356, 107th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2356

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  91ac5c3cc072c085ad765cede99c976966685673f7707b18bb889142423f0f79

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2356, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002” on March 29, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on March 20, 2002, and signed by the President on March 27, 2002</p>”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 29, 2002 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13560

  CBO publication date

  March 29, 2002

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2356, 107th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2356

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  91ac5c3cc072c085ad765cede99c976966685673f7707b18bb889142423f0f79

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2356, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002” on March 29, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on March 20, 2002, and signed by the President on March 27, 2002”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 29, 2002 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13560

  CBO publication date

  March 29, 2002

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2356, 107th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2356

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  91ac5c3cc072c085ad765cede99c976966685673f7707b18bb889142423f0f79

• 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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 107-131 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on July 11, 2001.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 11, 2001 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/131

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2356, 107th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2356

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  91ac5c3cc072c085ad765cede99c976966685673f7707b18bb889142423f0f79

  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 noteH.R.2356 [Shays-Meehan] was originally introduced as H.R.380. A Senate companion bill, S.27 [McCain-Feingold] was passed by the Senate on 4/2/2001. On 7/30/2001, a motion was filed to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of H.Res.203 a resolution providing for consideration of H.R.2356. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures for further action. (Discharge Petition No. 107-3: text with signatures.) On 2/13/2002, H.R.2360 [Ney-Wynn], with some modifications, was offered as a substitute amendment [H.Amdt. 430] to H.R.2356. The amendment was not agreed to. H.R.2356 was passed by the House on 2/14/2002 and by the Senate on 3/20/2002.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2356, 107th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2356

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  91ac5c3cc072c085ad765cede99c976966685673f7707b18bb889142423f0f79

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2356, 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.