House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 6, 2002
- Committee actionSep 18, 2002
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 11, 2002 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 468.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4889.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4889, Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2002” on September 26, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 18, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14041
- CBO publication date
- September 26, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4889, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4889
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b68a5457402e2a0eb1188938d90736335d2b401bb73f9b0d1b3883757662fdb2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4889, Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2002” on September 26, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 18, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14041
- CBO publication date
- September 26, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4889, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4889
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b68a5457402e2a0eb1188938d90736335d2b401bb73f9b0d1b3883757662fdb2
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. 107-714 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on October 2, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 2, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/714
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4889, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4889
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b68a5457402e2a0eb1188938d90736335d2b401bb73f9b0d1b3883757662fdb2
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4889, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Dave Camp (R-MI), Phil English (R-PA), Ernest Fletcher (R-KY), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Wally Herger (R-CA), Amo Houghton (R-NY), Ron Lewis (R-KY), Constance Morella (R-MD), Rob Portman (R-OH), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), William Thomas (R-CA), Gerald Weller (R-IL).
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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.