House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Working Toward Independence Act of 2002
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 9, 2002
- Committee actionMay 2, 2002
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 10, 2002 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 267.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4092.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4092, Working Toward Independence Act of 2002” on May 9, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on May 2, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 9, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13649
- CBO publication date
- May 9, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4092, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4092
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6b71c00b208c7893ec83b019828d8cab53a18d9ecf1c59d50c026af06d651ef3
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4092, Working Toward Independence Act of 2002” on May 9, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on May 2, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 9, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13649
- CBO publication date
- May 9, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4092, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4092
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6b71c00b208c7893ec83b019828d8cab53a18d9ecf1c59d50c026af06d651ef3
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 107-452 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on May 10, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 10, 2002 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/452
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4092, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4092
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6b71c00b208c7893ec83b019828d8cab53a18d9ecf1c59d50c026af06d651ef3
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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 March 23, 2026 ↗
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- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4092, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4092
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6b71c00b208c7893ec83b019828d8cab53a18d9ecf1c59d50c026af06d651ef3
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4092, last updated March 23, 2026. 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
14 cosponsors — 14 Republicans
0 of 14 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
John Boehner (R-OH), John Culberson (R-TX), James DeMint (R-SC), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), James Greenwood (R-PA), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Ric Keller (R-FL), Tom Petri (R-WI), Todd Platts (R-PA), Marge Roukema (R-NJ), Thomas Tancredo (R-CO), Fred Upton (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Howard McKeon.
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- H.R. 3086 (107th) Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2001
- H.Res. 561 (107th) Recognizing the contributions of Hispanic-serving institutions.
- H.Con.Res. 59 (107th) Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the prevention of shaken baby syndrome.
- H.Res. 113 (107th) Urging the House of Representatives to support events such as the "Increase the Peace Day".
- H.R. 2638 (107th) Social Security Fairness 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.