House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-247
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2002
Became law on Oct 23, 2002.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2002
- Committee actionMay 9, 2002
- Passed HouseMay 21, 2002 · 410–0
- Passed SenateSep 26, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesOct 7, 2002
- To the PresidentOct 11, 2002
- Became lawOct 23, 2002
Latest action: Oct 23, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-247.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4085.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4085, Veterans' and Survivors' Benefits Expansion Act of 2002” on May 13, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 9, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13653
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4085, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4085
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
23914daecb06a3baa4b0d63d71cadc25d26e1b4663d077ef52804cce1e2b44c4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4085, Veterans' and Survivors' Benefits Expansion Act of 2002” on May 13, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on May 9, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13653
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4085, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4085
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
23914daecb06a3baa4b0d63d71cadc25d26e1b4663d077ef52804cce1e2b44c4
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. 107-472 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 16, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 16, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/472
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4085, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4085
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
23914daecb06a3baa4b0d63d71cadc25d26e1b4663d077ef52804cce1e2b44c4
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.
- Congress.gov noteH.R. 4085, as passed House, was the Veterans' and Survivors' Benefits Expansion Act of 2002. The Senate changed the measure to the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2002. As enacted into law, H.R. 4085 covers only the veterans' cost-of-living adjustment (the COLA), not the broader veterans' benefits originally present in the House-passed version of the bill.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4085, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4085
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
23914daecb06a3baa4b0d63d71cadc25d26e1b4663d077ef52804cce1e2b44c4
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4085, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
23 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 18 Democrats
18 of 23 cosponsors (78%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), 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), Mark Foley (R-FL), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Tim Holden (D-PA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX), Ronnie Shows (D-MS), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Bob Stump (R-AZ), Tom Udall (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
- H.R. 801 (107th) Veterans' Survivor Benefits Improvements Act of 2001
- H.R. 2540 (107th) Veterans' Compensation Rate Amendments of 2001
- H.R. 3253 (107th) Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Act of 2002
- H.R. 2716 (107th) Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2001
- H.R. 3838 (107th) To amend the charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States organization to make members of the armed forces who receive…
- H.R. 1291 (107th) Veterans Education and Benefits Expansion 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.