House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
To authorize the placement in Arlington National Cemetery of a memorial honoring the World War II veterans who fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 27, 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. 5055.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5055, A bill to authorize the placement in Arlington National Cemetery of a memorial honoring the World War II veterans who fought in the Battle of the Bulge” on July 11, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on June 27, 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/13824
- CBO publication date
- July 11, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5055, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5055
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0181967e93c90c32a70959e273cae96330aa30ecfc35bc42016d9434c95e1e73
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5055, A bill to authorize the placement in Arlington National Cemetery of a memorial honoring the World War II veterans who fought in the Battle of the Bulge” on July 11, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on June 27, 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/13824
- CBO publication date
- July 11, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5055, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5055
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0181967e93c90c32a70959e273cae96330aa30ecfc35bc42016d9434c95e1e73
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5055, A bill to authorize the placement in Arlington National Cemetery of a memorial honoring the World War II veterans who fought in the Battle of the Bulge” 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/13842
- CBO publication date
- July 17, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5055, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5055
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0181967e93c90c32a70959e273cae96330aa30ecfc35bc42016d9434c95e1e73
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5055, A bill to authorize the placement in Arlington National Cemetery of a memorial honoring the World War II veterans who fought in the Battle of the Bulge” 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/13842
- CBO publication date
- July 17, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5055, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5055
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0181967e93c90c32a70959e273cae96330aa30ecfc35bc42016d9434c95e1e73
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. 107-589 ↗. 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/589
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5055, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5055
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0181967e93c90c32a70959e273cae96330aa30ecfc35bc42016d9434c95e1e73
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5055, 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
6 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 5 Democrats
5 of 6 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
Corrine Brown (D-FL), Susan Davis (D-CA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Tom Udall (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Christopher Smith.
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- H.R. 3253 (107th) Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Preparedness Act of 2002
- H.R. 2716 (107th) Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Assistance Act of 2001
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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.