House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2001
- Committee actionOct 31, 2001
- Passed HouseOct 1, 2002 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 2, 2002 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 556.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 556, Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act” on November 13, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on October 31, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 13, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13397
- CBO publication date
- November 13, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 556, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/556
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c96fa574fe7695f077699ffcc4889de1e814f0b3814e0d4c701ad560852b77db
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 556, Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act” on November 13, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on October 31, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 13, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13397
- CBO publication date
- November 13, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 556, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/556
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c96fa574fe7695f077699ffcc4889de1e814f0b3814e0d4c701ad560852b77db
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. 107-339 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on December 13, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 13, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/339
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 556, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/556
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c96fa574fe7695f077699ffcc4889de1e814f0b3814e0d4c701ad560852b77db
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 556, last updated August 10, 2026. 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 — 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Mark Green (R-WI), John LaFalce (D-NY), Major Owens (D-NY), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Tom Petri (R-WI), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
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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.