House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care (HEALTH) Act of 2002
Sponsor: Rep. James Greenwood R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 25, 2002
- Committee actionSep 10, 2002
- Passed HouseSep 26, 2002 · 217–203
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2002 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4600.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4600, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2002” on September 24, 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 24, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14027
- CBO publication date
- September 24, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4600, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4600
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
88c7a272c74a4e832023b03f66fcfb376faa425cb3057f83f2212f26ba01ec6f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4600, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2002” on September 24, 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 24, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14027
- CBO publication date
- September 24, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4600, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4600
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
88c7a272c74a4e832023b03f66fcfb376faa425cb3057f83f2212f26ba01ec6f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4600, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2002” on September 25, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 19, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 25, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14036
- CBO publication date
- September 25, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4600, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4600
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
88c7a272c74a4e832023b03f66fcfb376faa425cb3057f83f2212f26ba01ec6f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4600, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2002” on September 25, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 19, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 25, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14036
- CBO publication date
- September 25, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4600, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4600
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
88c7a272c74a4e832023b03f66fcfb376faa425cb3057f83f2212f26ba01ec6f
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 107-693,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 107-693,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 25, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/693
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/693 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4600, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4600
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
88c7a272c74a4e832023b03f66fcfb376faa425cb3057f83f2212f26ba01ec6f
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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
123 cosponsors — 115 Republicans, 8 Democrats
9 of 123 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Bob Barr (R-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Henry Brown (R-SC), Richard Burr (R-NC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Mac Collins (R-GA), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Philip Crane (R-IL), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Terry Everett (R-AL), Ernest Fletcher (R-KY), J. Forbes (R-VA) and 93 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Greenwood.
- H.R. 5651 (107th) Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002
- H.R. 3580 (107th) Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002
- H.R. 2887 (107th) Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act
- H.R. 1900 (107th) Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2001
- H.R. 1111 (107th) Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 2001
- H.R. 1213 (107th) Solid Waste Interstate Transportation 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.