House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-281
Rare Diseases Orphan Product Development Act of 2002
Became law on Nov 6, 2002.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Foley R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 20, 2002
- Committee actionSep 5, 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: 107-281.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4014.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4014, Rare Diseases Orphan Product Development Act of 2002” on September 27, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 5, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14044
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4014, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4014
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
152dad25b071d6222c3953162593ebe1fb2bcee1de5772da504fac4691c63068
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4014, Rare Diseases Orphan Product Development Act of 2002” on September 27, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 5, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14044
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4014, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4014
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
152dad25b071d6222c3953162593ebe1fb2bcee1de5772da504fac4691c63068
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. 107-702 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 1, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 1, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/702
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4014, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4014
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
152dad25b071d6222c3953162593ebe1fb2bcee1de5772da504fac4691c63068
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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
58 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 40 Democrats, 1 independent
41 of 58 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
John Baldacci (D-ME), David Bonior (D-MI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Lois Capps (D-CA), Julia Carson (D-IN), John Cooksey (R-LA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), John Dingell (D-MI), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Barney Frank (D-MA), Gene Green (D-TX), James Greenwood (R-PA), Jane Harman (D-CA), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Steve Horn (R-CA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), William Jenkins (R-TN), Nancy Johnson (R-CT), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Ron Kind (D-WI), Peter King (R-NY), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Jim McDermott (D-WA) and 28 more.
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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.