House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-253
Inland Flood Forecasting and Warning System Act of 2002
Became law on Oct 29, 2002.
Sponsor: Rep. Bob Etheridge D-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 12, 2001
- Committee actionMay 22, 2002
- Passed HouseJul 11, 2002 · 413–3
- Passed SenateOct 16, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 23, 2002
- Became lawOct 29, 2002
Latest action: Oct 29, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-253.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2486.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2486, Inland Flood Forecasting and Warning System Act of 2001” on May 31, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on May 22, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 31, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13711
- CBO publication date
- May 31, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2486, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2486
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d68d32b7a8ac4350aa472bf0f9da16469cab420bf1bf0ea281e1734b154556a7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2486, Inland Flood Forecasting and Warning System Act of 2001” on May 31, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on May 22, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 31, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13711
- CBO publication date
- May 31, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2486, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2486
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d68d32b7a8ac4350aa472bf0f9da16469cab420bf1bf0ea281e1734b154556a7
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: S. Rept. 107-310 ↗; H. Rept. 107-495 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 10, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/310
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/495 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2486, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2486
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d68d32b7a8ac4350aa472bf0f9da16469cab420bf1bf0ea281e1734b154556a7
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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
23 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 15 Democrats
7 of 23 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Martin Frost (D-TX), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Solomon Ortiz (D-TX), David Price (D-NC), Mark Udall (D-CO), Melvin Watt (D-NC).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bob Etheridge.
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- H.R. 5334 (107th) Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act of 2002
- H.Con.Res. 469 (107th) Authorizing the Rotunda of the Capitol to be used on September 19, 2002, for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to General…
- H.R. 228 (107th) Character Counts for the 21st Century Act
- H.R. 1610 (107th) To amend the Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1993 to make leaf tobacco an eligible commodity for the Market Access Program.
- H.Con.Res. 34 (107th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of Ava Gardner.
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.