House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2002
- Committee actionJun 26, 2002
- Passed HouseMay 16, 2002 · 229–197
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 25, 2002 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 518.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4737.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4737, Work, Opportunity, and Responsibility for Kids Act of 2002” on July 18, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on June 26, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 18, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13848
- CBO publication date
- July 18, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4737, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4737
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
628ec8f530f3a73d05b61c190e9f98b833f2d25b490f2ec2d95bce2bbd885fa9
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4737, Work, Opportunity, and Responsibility for Kids Act of 2002” on July 18, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on June 26, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 18, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13848
- CBO publication date
- July 18, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4737, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4737
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
628ec8f530f3a73d05b61c190e9f98b833f2d25b490f2ec2d95bce2bbd885fa9
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: S. Rept. 107-221 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Finance Committee on July 25, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 25, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/221
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4737, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4737
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
628ec8f530f3a73d05b61c190e9f98b833f2d25b490f2ec2d95bce2bbd885fa9
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- Congress.gov noteProvisions of H.R. 4090, as ordered to be reported from the House Committee on Ways and Means, and provisions of H.R. 4092, as reported from the Committee on Education and the Workforce, were previously incorporated in H.R. 4700. Subsequent action moved to H.R. 4735 and then to H.R. 4737, the Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act.Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4737, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4737
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
628ec8f530f3a73d05b61c190e9f98b833f2d25b490f2ec2d95bce2bbd885fa9
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4737, last updated July 21, 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
13 cosponsors — 13 Republicans
0 of 13 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), John Boehner (R-OH), Larry Combest (R-TX), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Wally Herger (R-CA), Howard McKeon (R-CA), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Marge Roukema (R-NJ), E. Shaw (R-FL), W. Tauzin (R-LA), William Thomas (R-CA), Fred Upton (R-MI), C. W. Young (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 209 (107th) Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules.
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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.