House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-318
Where it went
- IntroducedOct 1, 2002
- Committee actionOct 2, 2002
- Passed HouseNov 15, 2002 · without objection
- Passed SenateNov 18, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 26, 2002
- Became lawDec 4, 2002
Latest action: Dec 4, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-318.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5504.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5504, Anton's Law” on October 4, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 2, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 4, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14092
- CBO publication date
- October 4, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5504, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5504
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
30b2c4f078a5a41acf61cb13549642742655c84f3a91cae5766c62045a1386a2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5504, Anton's Law” on October 4, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 2, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 4, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14092
- CBO publication date
- October 4, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5504, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5504
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
30b2c4f078a5a41acf61cb13549642742655c84f3a91cae5766c62045a1386a2
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. 107-726 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 8, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 8, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/726
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5504, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/5504
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
30b2c4f078a5a41acf61cb13549642742655c84f3a91cae5766c62045a1386a2
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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
6 cosponsors — 6 Republicans
0 of 6 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joe Barton (R-TX), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Charles Pickering (R-MS), W. Tauzin (R-LA), Lee Terry (R-NE), Greg Walden (R-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Shimkus.
- H.R. 4013 (107th) Rare Diseases Act of 2002
- H.R. 3833 (107th) Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002
- H.R. 3343 (107th) To amend title X of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 5738 (107th) To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to special diabetes programs for Type I diabetes and Indians.
- H.Con.Res. 116 (107th) Recommending the integration of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
- H.R. 1948 (107th) Medical Laboratory Personnel Shortage 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.