House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act
Sponsor: Rep. Bob Stump R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 13, 2002
- Committee actionJul 16, 2002
- Passed HouseJul 22, 2002 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2002 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4940.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4940, Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act” on July 11, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on June 13, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13823
- CBO publication date
- July 11, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4940, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4940
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
599413d1f962c20c2056f847c2f514708673ccc4d1473aa650c77c12e0666553
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4940, Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act” on July 11, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on June 13, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13823
- CBO publication date
- July 11, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4940, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4940
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
599413d1f962c20c2056f847c2f514708673ccc4d1473aa650c77c12e0666553
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4940, Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act” on July 17, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 16, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 17, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13841
- CBO publication date
- July 17, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4940, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4940
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
599413d1f962c20c2056f847c2f514708673ccc4d1473aa650c77c12e0666553
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4940, Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act” on July 17, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 16, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 17, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13841
- CBO publication date
- July 17, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4940, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4940
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
599413d1f962c20c2056f847c2f514708673ccc4d1473aa650c77c12e0666553
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. 107-588 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 18, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 18, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/588
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4940, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/4940
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
599413d1f962c20c2056f847c2f514708673ccc4d1473aa650c77c12e0666553
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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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
H. Callahan (R-AL), Lane Evans (D-IL), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Michael Simpson (R-ID), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Tom Udall (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bob Stump.
- H.R. 4546 (107th) Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003
- H.R. 1696 (107th) To expedite the construction of the World War II memorial in the District of Columbia.
- H.R. 2586 (107th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002
- H.R. 4547 (107th) Cost of War Against Terrorism Authorization Act of 2002
- H.Con.Res. 288 (107th) Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a technical correction in the enrollment of S. 1438.
- H.R. 969 (107th) To provide that Executive Order 13166 shall have no force or effect, and to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes.
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.