House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Housing Affordability for America Act of 2002
Sponsor: Rep. Marge Roukema R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 19, 2002
- Committee actionJul 10, 2002
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2002 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 404.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3995.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3995, Housing Affordability for America Act of 2002” on August 21, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 23, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 21, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13953
- CBO publication date
- August 21, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3995, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3995
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a8f6aaa177ae4517730660c623b759624c1136d7a6ee7741f1ab14e6d093ace3
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3995, Housing Affordability for America Act of 2002” on August 21, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 23, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 21, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13953
- CBO publication date
- August 21, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3995, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3995
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a8f6aaa177ae4517730660c623b759624c1136d7a6ee7741f1ab14e6d093ace3
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3995, Housing Affordability for America Act of 2002” on September 10, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 9, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 10, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13986
- CBO publication date
- September 10, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3995, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3995
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a8f6aaa177ae4517730660c623b759624c1136d7a6ee7741f1ab14e6d093ace3
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3995, Housing Affordability for America Act of 2002” on September 10, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 9, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 10, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13986
- CBO publication date
- September 10, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3995, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3995
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a8f6aaa177ae4517730660c623b759624c1136d7a6ee7741f1ab14e6d093ace3
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 107-640,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 107-640,Part 1 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 17, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/640
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/640 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3995, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/3995
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a8f6aaa177ae4517730660c623b759624c1136d7a6ee7741f1ab14e6d093ace3
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.
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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
78 cosponsors — 58 Republicans, 20 Democrats
20 of 78 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), John Baldacci (D-ME), Bob Barr (R-GA), Charles Bass (R-NH), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Marion Berry (D-AR), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Michael Castle (R-DE), Cal Dooley (D-CA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Phil English (R-PA), Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), Greg Ganske (R-IA), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Gene Green (D-TX), Mark Green (R-WI), James Greenwood (R-PA), Felix Grucci (R-NY), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Tim Holden (D-PA), Michael Honda (D-CA) and 48 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Marge Roukema.
- H.R. 1850 (107th) Senior Housing Commission Extension Act of 2001
- H.R. 2589 (107th) Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2001
- H.R. 4066 (107th) Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2002
- H.R. 162 (107th) Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity Amendments of 2001
- H.R. 1629 (107th) FHA Multifamily Housing Mortgage Loan Limit Adjustment Act of 2001
- H.R. 599 (107th) Medicare Mental Illness Nondiscrimination 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.