House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law

Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act of 2002

H.R. 5063Introduced Jul 8, 2002Policy area: Taxation

Where it went

IntroducedJul 8, 2002
Committee actionSep 12, 2002
Passed HouseJul 9, 2002 · 413–0
Passed SenateOct 3, 2002 · by unanimous consent
Resolving differencesNov 14, 2002
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Nov 14, 2002 — Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate amendments.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5063.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5063, Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act of 2002” on September 13, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on September 12, 2002</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 13, 2002 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14030
CBO publication date
September 13, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5063, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5063
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c2b552171138fa3de81e9a69706ed9aa389db40374602844582359c877468943
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5063, Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act of 2002” on September 13, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on September 12, 2002”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 13, 2002 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14030
CBO publication date
September 13, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5063, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5063
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c2b552171138fa3de81e9a69706ed9aa389db40374602844582359c877468943
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5063, Section 3 Amendment to the Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act of 2002” on November 15, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on November 14, 2002</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 15, 2002 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14221
CBO publication date
November 15, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5063, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5063
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c2b552171138fa3de81e9a69706ed9aa389db40374602844582359c877468943
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5063, Section 3 Amendment to the Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act of 2002” on November 15, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on November 14, 2002”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 15, 2002 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14221
CBO publication date
November 15, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5063, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5063
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c2b552171138fa3de81e9a69706ed9aa389db40374602844582359c877468943
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 107-283 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Finance Committee on September 17, 2002.
Source: Congress.gov, reported September 17, 2002 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/283
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 5063, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5063
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c2b552171138fa3de81e9a69706ed9aa389db40374602844582359c877468943
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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

5 cosponsors — 5 Republicans

0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

J. Forbes (R-VA), George Gekas (R-PA), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Charles Pickering (R-MS).

More from the sponsor

Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Amo Houghton.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress

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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.