House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 19, 2002
- Committee actionOct 2, 2002
- Passed HouseOct 8, 2002 · 390–24
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 9, 2002 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5422.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5422, Child Abduction Prevention Act” on October 7, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 2, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 7, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14091
- CBO publication date
- October 7, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5422, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5422
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4aca80a361ea1e1e4e390fecf180b07fa61d283f41b44bfe28e8904c305ba8c9
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5422, Child Abduction Prevention Act” on October 7, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 2, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 7, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14091
- CBO publication date
- October 7, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5422, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5422
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4aca80a361ea1e1e4e390fecf180b07fa61d283f41b44bfe28e8904c305ba8c9
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. 107-723 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 7, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 7, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/723
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5422, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5422
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4aca80a361ea1e1e4e390fecf180b07fa61d283f41b44bfe28e8904c305ba8c9
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5422, last updated July 21, 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
17 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 17 cosponsors (24%) are from the other party.
Chris Cannon (R-UT), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Howard Coble (R-NC), George Gekas (R-PA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Mark Green (R-WI), Melissa Hart (R-PA), William Jenkins (R-TN), Ric Keller (R-FL), Martin Meehan (D-MA), Dennis Moore (D-KS), Mike Pence (R-IN), Mike Rogers (R-MI), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Lamar Smith (R-TX), Charles Stenholm (D-TX), John Sweeney (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3162 (107th) Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001
- H.R. 3525 (107th) Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002
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.