House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-135
Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001
Became law on Jan 23, 2002.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 11, 2001
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 11, 2001 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 20, 2001 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJan 11, 2002
- Became lawJan 23, 2002
Latest action: Jan 23, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-135.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3447.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3447, Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs” on January 4, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 20, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 4, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13485
- CBO publication date
- January 4, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3447, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3447
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
df6c2aaf77b2928c3c4fe4fd73de99cdf430d2a260ddfaabd376dcf8ac77e341
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3447, Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs” on January 4, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 20, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 4, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13485
- CBO publication date
- January 4, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3447, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3447
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
df6c2aaf77b2928c3c4fe4fd73de99cdf430d2a260ddfaabd376dcf8ac77e341
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3447, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
- H.R. 801 (107th) Veterans' Survivor Benefits Improvements Act of 2001
- H.R. 2540 (107th) Veterans' Compensation Rate Amendments of 2001
- H.R. 4085 (107th) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2002
- H.R. 3253 (107th) Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Act of 2002
- H.R. 2716 (107th) Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2001
- H.R. 3838 (107th) To amend the charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States organization to make members of the armed forces who receive…
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.