House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-280
Rare Diseases Act of 2002
Became law on Nov 6, 2002.
Sponsor: Rep. John Shimkus R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 20, 2002
- Committee actionJun 19, 2002
- Passed HouseOct 1, 2002 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 17, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 28, 2002
- Became lawNov 6, 2002
Latest action: Nov 6, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-280.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4013.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 107-543 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 27, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 27, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/543
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4013, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4013
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
54 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 37 Democrats, 1 independent
38 of 54 cosponsors (70%) are from the other party.
David Bonior (D-MI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Lois Capps (D-CA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Mark Foley (R-FL), Barney Frank (D-MA), Gene Green (D-TX), James Greenwood (R-PA), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Steve Horn (R-CA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Nancy Johnson (R-CT), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Ron Kind (D-WI), Peter King (R-NY), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Sander Levin (D-MI), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), George Miller (D-CA), Patsy Mink (D-HI) and 24 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Shimkus.
- H.R. 3833 (107th) Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002
- H.R. 5504 (107th) Anton's Law
- H.R. 3343 (107th) To amend title X of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 5738 (107th) To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to special diabetes programs for Type I diabetes and Indians.
- H.Con.Res. 116 (107th) Recommending the integration of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
- H.R. 1948 (107th) Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage 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.