House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs under those Acts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 20, 2002
- Committee actionApr 25, 2002
- Passed HouseJun 4, 2002 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 13, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 14, 2002 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4073.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4073, A bill to amend the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs under those acts” on May 1, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on April 25, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 1, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13620
- CBO publication date
- May 1, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4073, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4073
- 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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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4073, A bill to amend the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs under those acts” on May 1, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on April 25, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 1, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13620
- CBO publication date
- May 1, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4073, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4073
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0accca2c0b7c16b370d38c2111d50356f80709cea1a909c45649522a4d172902
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4073, An act to amend the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs under those Acts” on October 10, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on October 8, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 10, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14131
- CBO publication date
- October 10, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4073, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4073
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0accca2c0b7c16b370d38c2111d50356f80709cea1a909c45649522a4d172902
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4073, An act to amend the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs under those Acts” on October 10, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on October 8, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 10, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14131
- CBO publication date
- October 10, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4073, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4073
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0accca2c0b7c16b370d38c2111d50356f80709cea1a909c45649522a4d172902
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. 107-453 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 8, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/453
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4073, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4073
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0accca2c0b7c16b370d38c2111d50356f80709cea1a909c45649522a4d172902
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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
79 cosponsors — 30 Republicans, 48 Democrats, 1 independent
49 of 79 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dave Camp (R-MI), Julia Carson (D-IN), Michael Castle (R-DE), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Bob Clement (D-TN), Susan Davis (D-CA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Norman Dicks (D-WA), John Dingell (D-MI), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Bob Filner (D-CA), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), James Greenwood (R-PA), Tony Hall (D-OH), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Earl Hilliard (D-AL), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Amo Houghton (R-NY), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and 49 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.