House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 24, 2002
- Committee actionSep 10, 2002
- Passed HouseOct 7, 2002 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 8, 2002 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4561.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4561, Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act” on September 27, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 10, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14052
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4561, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4561
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3d15df55e4e8fd11d9b5f2fee04aa385237b75790c875d9f224b1b889c6d2553
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4561, Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act” on September 27, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 10, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14052
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4561, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4561
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3d15df55e4e8fd11d9b5f2fee04aa385237b75790c875d9f224b1b889c6d2553
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. 107-701 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 30, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 30, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/701
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4561, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4561
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3d15df55e4e8fd11d9b5f2fee04aa385237b75790c875d9f224b1b889c6d2553
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4561, 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
43 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 25 Democrats
25 of 43 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Steve Chabot (R-OH), John Conyers (D-MI), Danny Davis (D-IL), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Barney Frank (D-MA), George Gekas (R-PA), Mark Green (R-WI), Tony Hall (D-OH), Joel Hefley (R-CO), Michael Honda (D-CA), John Hostettler (R-IN), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Mark Kennedy (R-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Dennis Moore (D-KS), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Charles Norwood (R-GA), C. L. Otter (R-ID), Ron Paul (R-TX), Mike Pence (R-IN) and 13 more.
More from the sponsor
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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.