House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-133
Promoting Safe and Stable Families Amendments of 2001
Became law on Jan 17, 2002.
Sponsor: Rep. Wally Herger R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2001
- Committee actionOct 31, 2001
- Passed HouseNov 13, 2001 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 13, 2001 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJan 11, 2002
- Became lawJan 17, 2002
Latest action: Jan 17, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-133.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2873.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2873, Promoting Sage and Stable Families Amendments of 2001” on November 6, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on October 31, 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/13358
- CBO publication date
- November 6, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2873, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0d2ee2770aedbe43c46bcd861f191747c62c7791a36ad61170fac63e86bcca70
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2873, Promoting Sage and Stable Families Amendments of 2001” on November 6, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on October 31, 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/13358
- CBO publication date
- November 6, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2873, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0d2ee2770aedbe43c46bcd861f191747c62c7791a36ad61170fac63e86bcca70
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2873, Promoting Safe and Stable Families Amendments of 2001” on January 8, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 13, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 8, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13488
- CBO publication date
- January 8, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2873, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0d2ee2770aedbe43c46bcd861f191747c62c7791a36ad61170fac63e86bcca70
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2873, Promoting Safe and Stable Families Amendments of 2001” on January 8, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 13, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 8, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13488
- CBO publication date
- January 8, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2873, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0d2ee2770aedbe43c46bcd861f191747c62c7791a36ad61170fac63e86bcca70
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. 107-281 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on November 13, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 13, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/281
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2873, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2873
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0d2ee2770aedbe43c46bcd861f191747c62c7791a36ad61170fac63e86bcca70
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Wally Herger.
- H.R. 2 (107th) Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act of 2001
- H.R. 4090 (107th) Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2002
- H.R. 5445 (107th) Tip Tax Fairness Act of 2002
- H.R. 1657 (107th) Biomass Energy Equity Act of 2001
- H.R. 658 (107th) Farmer Tax Fairness Act
- H.R. 656 (107th) Cash Accounting for Small Business 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.