House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Child Obscenity and Pornography Prevention Act of 2002
Sponsor: Rep. Lamar Smith R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 30, 2002
- Committee actionJun 19, 2002
- Passed HouseJun 25, 2002 · 413–8
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 2, 2002 — Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4623.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4623, Child Obscenity and Pornography Prevention Act of 2002” on June 24, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 18, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13786
- CBO publication date
- June 24, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4623, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4623
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
922a73821a80f6eb32c6933baab1fd56e11f11222edc906588aa36ac53f4b7f0
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4623, Child Obscenity and Pornography Prevention Act of 2002” on June 24, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 18, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 24, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13786
- CBO publication date
- June 24, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4623, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4623
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
922a73821a80f6eb32c6933baab1fd56e11f11222edc906588aa36ac53f4b7f0
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. 107-526 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 24, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 24, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/526
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4623, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4623
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
922a73821a80f6eb32c6933baab1fd56e11f11222edc906588aa36ac53f4b7f0
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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
69 cosponsors — 52 Republicans, 17 Democrats
17 of 69 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Bob Barr (R-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Julia Carson (D-IN), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Howard Coble (R-NC), Robert Cramer (D-AL), John Culberson (R-TX), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Martin Frost (D-TX), George Gekas (R-PA), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Gene Green (D-TX), Mark Green (R-WI), James Hansen (R-UT), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Ernest Istook (R-OK), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), William Jenkins (R-TN) and 39 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lamar Smith.
- H.R. 802 (107th) Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001
- H.R. 768 (107th) Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2001
- H.R. 3275 (107th) To implement the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings to strengthen criminal laws relating to attacks on…
- H.R. 3482 (107th) Cyber Security Enhancement Act of 2002
- H.R. 3209 (107th) Anti-Hoax Terrorism Act of 2001
- H.R. 863 (107th) Consequences for Juvenile Offenders 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.