House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Independent Telecommunications Consumer Enhancement Act of 2001
Sponsor: Rep. Barbara Cubin R-WYWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2001
- Committee actionMar 13, 2001
- Passed HouseMar 21, 2001 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 22, 2001 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 496.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 496, Independent Telecommunications Consumer Enhancement Act of 2001” on March 12, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 28, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 12, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12972
- CBO publication date
- March 12, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 496, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/496
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 496, Independent Telecommunications Consumer Enhancement Act of 2001” on March 12, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 28, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 12, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12972
- CBO publication date
- March 12, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 496, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/496
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
eee4a89d5c039da352054a0726d04b0fcd8b8fdd95fd20716da2946c0bf81e13
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. 107-20 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 13, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 13, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/20
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 496, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/496
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
eee4a89d5c039da352054a0726d04b0fcd8b8fdd95fd20716da2946c0bf81e13
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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
13 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 13 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Marion Berry (D-AR), John Doolittle (R-CA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Asa Hutchinson (R-AR), Steve Largent (R-OK), C. L. Otter (R-ID), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Rob Portman (R-OH), John Shimkus (R-IL), Michael Simpson (R-ID).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Barbara Cubin.
- H.R. 3789 (107th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2829 Commercial Way in Rock Springs, Wyoming, as the "Teno…
- H.Con.Res. 425 (107th) Calling for the full appropriation of the State and tribal shares of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund.
- H.R. 3258 (107th) Reasonable Right-of-Way Fees Act of 2002
- H.R. 5383 (107th) Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2002
- H.R. 2683 (107th) Sales Tax Equity Act of 2001
- H.R. 2337 (107th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an election for a special tax treatment of certain S corporation conversions.
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.