House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-279
To provide for improvement of Federal education research, statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination, and for other purposes.
Became law on Nov 5, 2002.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Castle R-DEWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2002
- Committee actionMar 20, 2002
- Passed HouseApr 30, 2002 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 15, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesOct 16, 2002
- To the PresidentOct 25, 2002
- Became lawNov 5, 2002
Latest action: Nov 5, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-279.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3801.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3801, Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002” on April 3, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 20, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 3, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13572
- CBO publication date
- April 3, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3801, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3801
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
acd7760825e4174f9c78d1a541be041bf4de89072b07ae09f482af2490d93546
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3801, Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002” on April 3, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 20, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 3, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13572
- CBO publication date
- April 3, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3801, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3801
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
acd7760825e4174f9c78d1a541be041bf4de89072b07ae09f482af2490d93546
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. 107-404 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on April 11, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 11, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/404
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3801, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3801
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
acd7760825e4174f9c78d1a541be041bf4de89072b07ae09f482af2490d93546
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3801, last updated March 23, 2026. 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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Judy Biggert (R-IL), John Boehner (R-OH), Ernest Fletcher (R-KY), Ric Keller (R-FL), Thomas Tancredo (R-CO), Fred Upton (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Castle.
- H.J.Res. 42 (107th) Memorializing fallen firefighters by lowering the American flag to half-staff in honor of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial…
- H.Con.Res. 484 (107th) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding personal safety for children, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3216 (107th) To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to exclude certain basic allowances for housing of an individual who is a member…
- H.R. 5598 (107th) To provide for improvement of Federal education research, statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 1919 (107th) Good Samaritan Volunteer Firefighter Assistance Act of 2001
- H.R. 2377 (107th) Gun Show Loophole Closing and Gun Law Enforcement 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.