House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-309
To amend title 36, United States Code, to clarify the requirements for eligibility in the American Legion.
Became law on Dec 2, 2002.
Sponsor: Rep. George Gekas R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2002
- Committee actionJul 10, 2002
- Passed HouseJul 15, 2002 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 14, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 21, 2002
- Became lawDec 2, 2002
Latest action: Dec 2, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-309.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3988.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3988, A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to clarify the requirements for eligibility in the American Legion” on July 12, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 10, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 12, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13827
- CBO publication date
- July 12, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3988, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3988
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8fd66f184f6c942b5682b7ba340cd484db117b83d9e00fd5acdedca2c48c24f4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3988, A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to clarify the requirements for eligibility in the American Legion” on July 12, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 10, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 12, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13827
- CBO publication date
- July 12, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3988, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3988
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8fd66f184f6c942b5682b7ba340cd484db117b83d9e00fd5acdedca2c48c24f4
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. 107-571 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 14, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/571
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3988, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3988
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8fd66f184f6c942b5682b7ba340cd484db117b83d9e00fd5acdedca2c48c24f4
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. 3988, last updated August 10, 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
No cosponsors.
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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.