House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2002
- Committee actionSep 5, 2002
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 28, 2002 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1961, E1964-1965)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5193.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5193, Back to School Tax Relief Act of 2002” on September 9, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 5, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14032
- CBO publication date
- September 9, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5193, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5193
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f4d330055e840fcbf819656d6933960dd30ac6064bb112eb9fea5e8b205bfb5c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5193, Back to School Tax Relief Act of 2002” on September 9, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 5, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14032
- CBO publication date
- September 9, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5193, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5193
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f4d330055e840fcbf819656d6933960dd30ac6064bb112eb9fea5e8b205bfb5c
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. 107-650 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on September 11, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 11, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/650
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5193, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5193
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f4d330055e840fcbf819656d6933960dd30ac6064bb112eb9fea5e8b205bfb5c
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5193, 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
47 cosponsors — 46 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 47 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Dick Armey (R-TX), Bob Barr (R-GA), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Brown (R-SC), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Eric Cantor (R-VA), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), James DeMint (R-SC), John Doolittle (R-CA), Phil English (R-PA), Mark Green (R-WI), Melissa Hart (R-PA), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Wally Herger (R-CA), Van Hilleary (R-TN), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Kenny Hulshof (R-MO), Ric Keller (R-FL), Jack Kingston (R-GA), William Lipinski (D-IL), Scott McInnis (R-CO), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Sue Myrick (R-NC), C. L. Otter (R-ID), Ron Paul (R-TX), Tom Petri (R-WI), Charles Pickering (R-MS) and 17 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Schaffer.
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- H.Con.Res. 135 (107th) Expressing the sense of the Congress welcoming President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan to the United States.
- H.Res. 28 (107th) Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools.
- H.Res. 335 (107th) Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools.
- H.Res. 54 (107th) Commemorating African American pioneers in Colorado.
- H.Res. 222 (107th) Congratulating Ukraine on the tenth anniversary of re-establishment of its independence.
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.