House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2002
Sponsor: Rep. Peter Hoekstra R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 5, 2002
- Committee actionMar 20, 2002
- Passed HouseApr 23, 2002 · 411–5
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 24, 2002 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3839.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3839, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2002” on April 4, 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 4, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13573
- CBO publication date
- April 4, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3839, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3839
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7dfa361ea42531fe34bcb82454d1fbe728269cc3c28b8a8c90a9e57095959bfd
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3839, Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2002” on April 4, 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 4, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13573
- CBO publication date
- April 4, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3839, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3839
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7dfa361ea42531fe34bcb82454d1fbe728269cc3c28b8a8c90a9e57095959bfd
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. 107-403 ↗. 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/403
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3839, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3839
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7dfa361ea42531fe34bcb82454d1fbe728269cc3c28b8a8c90a9e57095959bfd
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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
14 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 14 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Judy Biggert (R-IL), John Boehner (R-OH), James DeMint (R-SC), Ernest Fletcher (R-KY), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), James Greenwood (R-PA), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Howard McKeon (R-CA), George Miller (D-CA), Todd Platts (R-PA), Tim Roemer (D-IN), Patrick Tiberi (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Peter Hoekstra.
- H.Con.Res. 297 (107th) Recognizing the historical significance of 100 years of Korean immigration to the United States.
- H.Con.Res. 117 (107th) Expressing sympathy to the family, friends, and co-workers of Veronica "Roni" Bowers and Charity Bowers.
- H.R. 5601 (107th) Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2002
- H.R. 1577 (107th) Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2002
- H.R. 3784 (107th) Museum and Library Services Act of 2002
- H.R. 4854 (107th) Citizen Service Act of 2002
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.