House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-188
Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002
Became law on Jun 12, 2002.
Sponsor: Rep. W. Tauzin R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 11, 2001
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 12, 2001 · 418–2
- Passed SenateDec 20, 2001 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesMay 21, 2002
- To the PresidentJun 7, 2002
- Became lawJun 12, 2002
Latest action: Jun 12, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-188.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3448.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3448, Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002” on July 8, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 23, 2002, with corrections adopted in S. Con. Res. 117 on June 4, 2002, and signed by the President on June 12, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 8, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13878
- CBO publication date
- July 8, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3448, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3448
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f3e7baa302d6a80726d3921090e53a60b811dd525ee4c298208299584671c113
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3448, Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002” on July 8, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 23, 2002, with corrections adopted in S. Con. Res. 117 on June 4, 2002, and signed by the President on June 12, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 8, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13878
- CBO publication date
- July 8, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3448, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3448
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f3e7baa302d6a80726d3921090e53a60b811dd525ee4c298208299584671c113
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. 107-481 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/481
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3448, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3448
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f3e7baa302d6a80726d3921090e53a60b811dd525ee4c298208299584671c113
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3448, 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
70 cosponsors — 41 Republicans, 29 Democrats
29 of 70 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), John Baldacci (D-ME), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Joe Barton (R-TX), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Richard Burr (R-NC), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), John Conyers (D-MI), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Ernest Fletcher (R-KY), Mark Foley (R-FL), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Greg Ganske (R-IA), Paul Gillmor (R-OH) and 40 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. W. Tauzin.
- H.R. 4560 (107th) Auction Reform Act of 2002
- H.R. 1542 (107th) Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001
- H.Res. 238 (107th) Condemning any price gouging with respect to motor fuels during the hours and days after the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001.
- H.R. 4 (107th) Energy Policy Act of 2002
- H.R. 3160 (107th) Bioterrorism Prevention Act of 2001
- H.R. 2587 (107th) Energy Advancement and Conservation 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.