House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Encouraging Work and Supporting Marriage Act of 2002
Sponsor: Rep. Amo Houghton R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2002
- Committee actionMay 2, 2002
- Passed HouseMay 21, 2002 · 409–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 22, 2002 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4626.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4626, Encouraging Work and Supporting Marriage 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 Ways and Means 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/13659
- CBO publication date
- May 9, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4626, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4626
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
783cbcd352e4eb16ab779d66873d78833e5d0f084effcdd1ef36e799d0832fea
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4626, Encouraging Work and Supporting Marriage Act of 2002” on May 9, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means 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/13659
- CBO publication date
- May 9, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4626, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4626
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
783cbcd352e4eb16ab779d66873d78833e5d0f084effcdd1ef36e799d0832fea
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. 107-457 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on May 14, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 14, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/457
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4626, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4626
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
783cbcd352e4eb16ab779d66873d78833e5d0f084effcdd1ef36e799d0832fea
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Amo Houghton.
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- H.R. 2722 (107th) Clean Diamond Trade Act
- H.Res. 412 (107th) Expressing regret and sympathy for the families of the 4 Canadian soldiers who lost their lives on April 17, 2002, in a friendly-fire…
- H.R. 3991 (107th) Taxpayer Protection and IRS Accountability Act of 2002
- H.R. 951 (107th) Housing Bond and Credit Modernization and Fairness Act of 2001
- H.R. 2329 (107th) High-Speed Rail Investment 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.