House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Health Care and Procurement Improvement Act of 2002
Sponsor: Rep. Lane Evans D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2002
- Committee actionJul 16, 2002
- Passed HouseJul 22, 2002 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2002 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3645.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3645, Veterans Health-Care Items Procurement Reform and Improvement Act of 2002” on June 26, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on January 29, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13782
- CBO publication date
- June 26, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3645, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3645
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
30b22c4d78eebe71e7f26bafa12ef7a0ef58e60fc07d5e16879576f560cf12bb
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3645, Veterans Health-Care Items Procurement Reform and Improvement Act of 2002” on June 26, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on January 29, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13782
- CBO publication date
- June 26, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3645, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3645
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
30b22c4d78eebe71e7f26bafa12ef7a0ef58e60fc07d5e16879576f560cf12bb
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3645, Veterans Health Care and Procurement Improvement Act of 2002” on July 19, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 16, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 19, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13850
- CBO publication date
- July 19, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3645, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3645
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
30b22c4d78eebe71e7f26bafa12ef7a0ef58e60fc07d5e16879576f560cf12bb
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3645, Veterans Health Care and Procurement Improvement Act of 2002” on July 19, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 16, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 19, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13850
- CBO publication date
- July 19, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3645, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3645
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
30b22c4d78eebe71e7f26bafa12ef7a0ef58e60fc07d5e16879576f560cf12bb
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. 107-600 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 22, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 22, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/600
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3645, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3645
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
30b22c4d78eebe71e7f26bafa12ef7a0ef58e60fc07d5e16879576f560cf12bb
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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
21 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 16 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 21 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Julia Carson (D-IN), John Dingell (D-MI), Bob Filner (D-CA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Patsy Mink (D-HI), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Ronnie Shows (D-MS), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Tom Udall (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lane Evans.
- H.R. 320 (107th) Montgomery GI Bill Improvements Act of 2001
- H.R. 936 (107th) Heather French Henry Homeless Veterans Assistance Act
- H.R. 948 (107th) Landmine Elimination and Victim Assistance Act of 2001
- H.R. 4018 (107th) Veterans Judicial Review Improvement Act of 2002
- H.Con.Res. 60 (107th) Condemning the violence in East Timor and urging the establishment of an international war crimes tribunal for prosecuting crimes against…
- H.R. 1541 (107th) Vietnam Veterans Children's Disability Act
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.