House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-296
Homeland Security Act of 2002
Became law on Nov 25, 2002.
Sponsor: Rep. Dick Armey R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2002
- Committee actionJul 10, 2002
- Passed HouseJul 26, 2002 · 295–132
- Passed SenateNov 19, 2002 · 90–9
- Resolving differencesNov 22, 2002
- To the PresidentNov 22, 2002
- Became lawNov 25, 2002
Latest action: Nov 25, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-296.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5005.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5005, Homeland Security Act of 2002” on July 9, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on June 24, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 9, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13818
- CBO publication date
- July 9, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5005, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5005
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bbd46a24c9e9f32635e6338a3e78146e8ed98038439d53cbf3ab99844f573ee8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5005, Homeland Security Act of 2002” on July 9, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on June 24, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 9, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13818
- CBO publication date
- July 9, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5005, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5005
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bbd46a24c9e9f32635e6338a3e78146e8ed98038439d53cbf3ab99844f573ee8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5005, Homeland Security Act of 2002” on July 23, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Select Committee on Homeland Security on July 19, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 23, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13866
- CBO publication date
- July 23, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5005, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5005
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bbd46a24c9e9f32635e6338a3e78146e8ed98038439d53cbf3ab99844f573ee8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5005, Homeland Security Act of 2002” on July 23, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Select Committee on Homeland Security on July 19, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 23, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13866
- CBO publication date
- July 23, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5005, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5005
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bbd46a24c9e9f32635e6338a3e78146e8ed98038439d53cbf3ab99844f573ee8
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. 107-609 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on July 24, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 24, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/609
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5005, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5005
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bbd46a24c9e9f32635e6338a3e78146e8ed98038439d53cbf3ab99844f573ee8
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteOn 11/19/2002, S.Amdt. 4901 substituted text essentially the same as H.R. 5710 in H.R. 5005. The House agreed to the Senate amendment on 11/22/2002. Other earlier bills included H.R. 4660, S. 1534, S. 2452, and S. 2794.Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5005, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5005
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bbd46a24c9e9f32635e6338a3e78146e8ed98038439d53cbf3ab99844f573ee8
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5005, last updated June 6, 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
118 cosponsors — 114 Republicans, 4 Democrats
5 of 118 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Bob Barr (R-GA), Charles Bass (R-NH), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Henry Brown (R-SC), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Michael Castle (R-DE), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), John Cooksey (R-LA), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), James DeMint (R-SC), David Dreier (R-CA) and 88 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dick Armey.
- H.J.Res. 51 (107th) Approving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment with respect to the products of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
- H.J.Res. 80 (107th) Appointing the day for the convening of the second session of the One Hundred Seventh Congress.
- H.Con.Res. 464 (107th) Expressing the sense of the Congress on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001.
- H.R. 5710 (107th) Homeland Security Information Sharing Act
- H.Con.Res. 449 (107th) Providing for representation by Congress at a special meeting in New York, New York on Friday, September 6, 2002.
- H.Con.Res. 448 (107th) Providing for a special meeting of the Congress in New York, New York, on Friday, September 6, 2002, in remembrance of the victims and the…
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.