House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 2, 2001
- Committee actionOct 3, 2001
- Passed HouseOct 12, 2001 · 337–79
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 15, 2001 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 198.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2975.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2975, Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act of 2001” on October 10, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 3, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 10, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13376
- CBO publication date
- October 10, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2975, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
65194bd52721a341c094e565dada26ac1dfcd4af3082dd1b29c983a8876b134f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2975, Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act of 2001” on October 10, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 3, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 10, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13376
- CBO publication date
- October 10, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2975, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
65194bd52721a341c094e565dada26ac1dfcd4af3082dd1b29c983a8876b134f
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. 107-236 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 11, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 11, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/236
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2975, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
65194bd52721a341c094e565dada26ac1dfcd4af3082dd1b29c983a8876b134f
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- Congress.gov noteH.R. 3162, the USA PATRIOT Act, incorporated provisions of two earlier anti-terrorism bills: H.R. 2975, which passed the House on 10/12/2001; and S. 1510, which passed the Senate on 10/11/2001. Provisions of H.R. 3004, the Financial Anti-Terrorism Act, were incorporated as Title III in H.R. 3162. H.R. 3162 became Public Law 107-56 on 10/26/2001.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2975, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/2975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
65194bd52721a341c094e565dada26ac1dfcd4af3082dd1b29c983a8876b134f
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2975, 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
26 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 26 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Howard Berman (D-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Howard Coble (R-NC), John Conyers (D-MI), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Barney Frank (D-MA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Porter Goss (R-FL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Melissa Hart (R-PA), John Hostettler (R-IN), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), William Jenkins (R-TN), Ric Keller (R-FL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Martin Meehan (D-MA), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Lamar Smith (R-TX), William Thomas (R-CA), Anthony Weiner (D-NY), Robert Wexler (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3162 (107th) Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001
- H.R. 3525 (107th) Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002
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.