House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-181

Clergy Housing Allowance Clarification Act of 2002

H.R. 4156Introduced Apr 10, 2002Policy area: Taxation

Became law on May 20, 2002.

Sponsor: Rep. Jim Ramstad R-MN

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 10, 2002
Committee actionMay 2, 2002
Passed HouseApr 16, 2002 · 408–0
Passed SenateMay 2, 2002 · by unanimous consent
To the PresidentMay 8, 2002
Became lawMay 20, 2002

Latest action: May 20, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-181.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4156.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4156, Clergy Housing Clarification Act of 2002” on May 9, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 2, 2002</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 9, 2002 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13655
CBO publication date
May 9, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4156, 107th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4156, Clergy Housing Clarification Act of 2002” on May 9, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress 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/13655
CBO publication date
May 9, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4156, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4156
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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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

39 cosponsors — 31 Republicans, 8 Democrats

9 of 39 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.

Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Howard Coble (R-NC), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Philip Crane (R-IL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Mark Foley (R-FL), J. Forbes (R-VA), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Robin Hayes (R-NC), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Wally Herger (R-CA), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Mark Kennedy (R-MN), Ron Kind (D-WI), Jim McCrery (R-LA), James McGovern (D-MA), Scott McInnis (R-CO), John Mica (R-FL), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Jim Nussle (R-IA), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) and 9 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Ramstad.

Sponsor’s state and district

Minnesota in Congress · MN-3 district

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