House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-252
Help America Vote Act of 2002
Became law on Oct 29, 2002.
Sponsor: Rep. Bob Ney R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 14, 2001
- Committee actionDec 10, 2001
- Passed HouseDec 12, 2001 · 362–63
- Passed SenateApr 11, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesOct 8, 2002
- To the PresidentOct 23, 2002
- Became lawOct 29, 2002
Latest action: Oct 29, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-252.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3295.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act of 2001” on November 30, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on November 15, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13435
- CBO publication date
- November 30, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3295, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3295
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
154a3a3a371a2b5209d719cab717d774d384a6c49deb53a254aed1d9719db2e7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3295, Help America Vote Act of 2001” on November 30, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on November 15, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13435
- CBO publication date
- November 30, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3295, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3295
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
154a3a3a371a2b5209d719cab717d774d384a6c49deb53a254aed1d9719db2e7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Analysis of the Effects on State and Local Governments of H.R. 3295, the Martin Luther King Jr. Voting Rights Act of 2001, as Passed by the Senate” on September 27, 2002.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14063
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3295, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3295
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
154a3a3a371a2b5209d719cab717d774d384a6c49deb53a254aed1d9719db2e7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Analysis of the Effects on State and Local Governments of H.R. 3295, the Martin Luther King Jr. Voting Rights Act of 2001, as Passed by the Senate” on September 27, 2002.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14063
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3295, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3295
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
154a3a3a371a2b5209d719cab717d774d384a6c49deb53a254aed1d9719db2e7
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: H. Rept. 107-730 ↗; H. Rept. 107-329 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on December 10, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 10, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/730
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/329 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3295, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3295
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
154a3a3a371a2b5209d719cab717d774d384a6c49deb53a254aed1d9719db2e7
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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
172 cosponsors — 62 Republicans, 109 Democrats, 1 independent
110 of 172 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Brian Baird (D-WA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), James Barcia (D-MI), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Robert Borski (D-PA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Burr (R-NC), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Lois Capps (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD) and 142 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bob Ney.
- H.Res. 84 (107th) Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Seventh Congress.
- H.Con.Res. 378 (107th) Commending the District of Columbia National Guard, the National Guard Bureau, and the entire Department of Defense for the assistance…
- H.Con.Res. 14 (107th) Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the…
- H.Res. 294 (107th) Expressing the gratitude of the House of Representatives to the General Accounting Office and its employees for enabling the House to…
- H.Con.Res. 325 (107th) Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the…
- H.Con.Res. 338 (107th) Authorizing the printing as a House document of a collection of memorial tributes made in honor of the late Gerald Solomon.
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.