House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 13, 2001
- Committee actionOct 11, 2001
- Passed HouseNov 15, 2001 · 338–86
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 16, 2001 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 228.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2887.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2887, Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act” on November 6, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 11, 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/13359
- CBO publication date
- November 6, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2887, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2887
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2887, Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act” on November 6, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 11, 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/13359
- CBO publication date
- November 6, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2887, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2887
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4d214b1f6c3219d513788c1fcd2551f8490e26597cdd263e5e7f08f09b5225b3
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. 107-277 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on November 9, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 9, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/277
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2887, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2887
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4d214b1f6c3219d513788c1fcd2551f8490e26597cdd263e5e7f08f09b5225b3
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 noteFor further action, see S. 1789, which became Public Law 107-109 on 1/4/2002.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2887, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2887
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4d214b1f6c3219d513788c1fcd2551f8490e26597cdd263e5e7f08f09b5225b3
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2887, 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
22 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 16 Democrats
16 of 22 cosponsors (73%) are from the other party.
Robert Brady (D-PA), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Cal Dooley (D-CA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James McGovern (D-MA), Constance Morella (R-MD), Major Owens (D-NY), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Marge Roukema (R-NJ), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Fred Upton (R-MI), Edward Whitfield (R-KY), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), Albert Wynn (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Greenwood.
- H.R. 5651 (107th) Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002
- H.R. 4600 (107th) Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care (HEALTH) Act of 2002
- H.R. 3580 (107th) Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002
- H.R. 1900 (107th) Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2001
- H.R. 1111 (107th) Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2001
- H.R. 1213 (107th) Solid Waste Interstate Transportation 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.