House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2001
- Committee actionMay 9, 2001
- Passed HouseMay 15, 2001 · 420–0
- Passed SenateFeb 6, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesApr 18, 2002
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 18, 2002 — Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate amendment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 586.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 586, Fairness for Foster Care Families Act of 2001” on May 11, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 9, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 11, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13058
- CBO publication date
- May 11, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 586, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/586
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2972c0d954af2b14407193b3f7d31ba29a6ad14d944ae0a66aaceaed996ec38a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 586, Fairness for Foster Care Families Act of 2001” on May 11, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 9, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 11, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13058
- CBO publication date
- May 11, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 586, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/586
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2972c0d954af2b14407193b3f7d31ba29a6ad14d944ae0a66aaceaed996ec38a
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. 107-66 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on May 15, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 15, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/66
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 586, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/586
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2972c0d954af2b14407193b3f7d31ba29a6ad14d944ae0a66aaceaed996ec38a
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.
- Congress.gov notePursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 390, on 4/18/2002 the House agreed with an amendment to the Senate amendment. The House amendment struck all after the H.R. 586 enacting clause and inserted the Tax Relief Guarantee Act. H.R. 586 had previously been the Fairness for Foster Care Families Act.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 586, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/586
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2972c0d954af2b14407193b3f7d31ba29a6ad14d944ae0a66aaceaed996ec38a
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 586, 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
49 cosponsors — 35 Republicans, 14 Democrats
14 of 49 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Henry Brown (R-SC), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Eva Clayton (D-NC), James Clyburn (D-SC), Philip Crane (R-IL), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Phil English (R-PA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Nancy Johnson (R-CT), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), James Langevin (D-RI), John Larson (D-CT), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Scott McInnis (R-CO), Patsy Mink (D-HI), Dennis Moore (D-KS), Constance Morella (R-MD), Anne Northup (R-KY), Tom Osborne (R-NE), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Ron Paul (R-TX) and 19 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3852 (107th) To amend title II of the Social Security Act to include Kentucky among the States which may divide their retirement systems into two parts…
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.