House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-288
Jobs for Veterans Act
Became law on Nov 7, 2002.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Simpson R-IDWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 20, 2002
- Committee actionMay 9, 2002
- Passed HouseMay 21, 2002 · 409–0
- Passed SenateOct 15, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesOct 16, 2002
- To the PresidentOct 29, 2002
- Became lawNov 7, 2002
Latest action: Nov 7, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-288.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4015.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4015, Jobs for Veterans Act” on May 10, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 9, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13652
- CBO publication date
- May 10, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4015, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4015
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b786f4c698ccd0f318f7960e56ceb207c3caf15aa64167d7fcbb64af177a866f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4015, Jobs for Veterans Act” on May 10, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 9, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 10, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13652
- CBO publication date
- May 10, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4015, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4015
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b786f4c698ccd0f318f7960e56ceb207c3caf15aa64167d7fcbb64af177a866f
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. 107-476 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 20, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 20, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/476
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4015, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4015
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b786f4c698ccd0f318f7960e56ceb207c3caf15aa64167d7fcbb64af177a866f
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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
25 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 18 Democrats
18 of 25 cosponsors (72%) are from the other party.
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Susan Davis (D-CA), Chet Edwards (D-TX), Lane Evans (D-IL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Bob Filner (D-CA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Tim Holden (D-PA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Jack Quinn (R-NY), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX), Ronnie Shows (D-MS), Bill Shuster (R-PA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Bob Stump (R-AZ), Tom Udall (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Simpson.
- H.R. 601 (107th) To redesignate certain lands within the Craters of the Moon National Monument, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2818 (107th) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land within the Sand Mountain Wilderness Study Area in the State of…
- H.R. 4708 (107th) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain facilities to the Fremont-Madison Irrigation District, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2114 (107th) National Monument Fairness Act
- H.R. 705 (107th) Water Adjudication Fee Fairness Act of 2001
- H.R. 5235 (107th) Former Prisoners of War Special Compensation 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.