House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2002
Sponsor: Rep. Wally Herger R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2002
- Committee actionMay 2, 2002
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 14, 2002 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 275.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4090.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4090, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion 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 Ways and Means on May 2, 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/13654
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4090, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4090
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7fa0bc2c07045126e0dcc1029eb4e8145b976ec0d2ab11a068c16e79977b0344
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4090, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2002” on May 13, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 2, 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/13654
- CBO publication date
- May 13, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4090, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4090
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7fa0bc2c07045126e0dcc1029eb4e8145b976ec0d2ab11a068c16e79977b0344
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. 107-460 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on May 14, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 14, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/460
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4090, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4090
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7fa0bc2c07045126e0dcc1029eb4e8145b976ec0d2ab11a068c16e79977b0344
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- Congress.gov noteProvisions of H.R. 4090, as ordered to be reported from the House Committee on Ways and Means, and provisions of H.R. 4092, as reported from the Committee on Education and the Workforce, were previously incorporated in H.R. 4700. Subsequent action moved to H.R. 4735 and then to H.R. 4737, the Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act.Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4090, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4090
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7fa0bc2c07045126e0dcc1029eb4e8145b976ec0d2ab11a068c16e79977b0344
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4090, last updated July 21, 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
18 cosponsors — 18 Republicans
0 of 18 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Bob Barr (R-GA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Dave Camp (R-MI), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Phil English (R-PA), Mark Green (R-WI), Melissa Hart (R-PA), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Nancy Johnson (R-CT), Ron Lewis (R-KY), Jim McCrery (R-LA), Scott McInnis (R-CO), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Rob Portman (R-OH), E. Shaw (R-FL), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Wes Watkins (R-OK), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Wally Herger.
- H.R. 2873 (107th) Promoting Safe and Stable Families Amendments of 2001
- H.R. 2 (107th) Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act of 2001
- H.R. 5445 (107th) Tip Tax Fairness Act of 2002
- H.R. 1657 (107th) Biomass Energy Equity Act of 2001
- H.R. 658 (107th) Farmer Tax Fairness Act
- H.R. 656 (107th) Cash Accounting for Small Business 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.