House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Former Prisoners of War Special Compensation Act of 2002
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Simpson R-IDWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2002
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 9, 2002 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5235.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5235, Former Prisoners of War Special Compensation Act of 2002” on December 16, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on July 25, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 16, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14246
- CBO publication date
- December 16, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5235, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5235
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 19, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec4bb2aab7bb6772b0ffecbc58bc623d12432ad5de4c9a36b6033777dd061441
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5235, Former Prisoners of War Special Compensation Act of 2002” on December 16, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on July 25, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 16, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14246
- CBO publication date
- December 16, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5235, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5235
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 19, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec4bb2aab7bb6772b0ffecbc58bc623d12432ad5de4c9a36b6033777dd061441
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 19, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5235, last updated August 19, 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
7 cosponsors — 7 Republicans
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
John Boehner (R-OH), John Cooksey (R-LA), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Edward Whitfield (R-KY), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4708 (107th) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain facilities to the Fremont-Madison Irrigation District, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 2114 (107th) National Monument Fairness Act
- H.R. 705 (107th) Water Adjudication Fee Fairness Act of 2001
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.