House bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law

CARE Act of 2002

H.R. 7Introduced Mar 29, 2001Policy area: Taxation

Sponsor: Rep. J. Watts R-OK

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 29, 2001
Committee actionJun 28, 2001
Passed HouseJul 19, 2001 · 233–198
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 16, 2002 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 496.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act of 2001” on July 11, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 28, 2001”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2001 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13152
CBO publication date
July 11, 2001
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 7, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/7
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a75f6f6d4cd688670f32fe1bdc3ab6138928637dd90479847e281667590a83d4
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act of 2001” on July 11, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 28, 2001”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2001 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13152
CBO publication date
July 11, 2001
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 7, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/7
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a75f6f6d4cd688670f32fe1bdc3ab6138928637dd90479847e281667590a83d4
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act of 2001” on July 16, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 11, 2001”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 16, 2001 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13157
CBO publication date
July 16, 2001
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 7, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/7
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a75f6f6d4cd688670f32fe1bdc3ab6138928637dd90479847e281667590a83d4
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7, Community Solutions Act of 2001” on July 16, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 11, 2001”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 16, 2001 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13157
CBO publication date
July 16, 2001
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 7, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/7
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a75f6f6d4cd688670f32fe1bdc3ab6138928637dd90479847e281667590a83d4
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7, CARE Act of 2002” on August 1, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on July 16, 2002”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 1, 2002 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13895
CBO publication date
August 1, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 7, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/7
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a75f6f6d4cd688670f32fe1bdc3ab6138928637dd90479847e281667590a83d4
CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7, CARE Act of 2002” on August 1, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on July 16, 2002”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 1, 2002 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13895
CBO publication date
August 1, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 7, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/7
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a75f6f6d4cd688670f32fe1bdc3ab6138928637dd90479847e281667590a83d4
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 3 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 107-138,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 107-138,Part 1 ↗; S. Rept. 107-211 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported July 16, 2002 ↗
Evidence
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committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/138
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/138
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/211
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 7, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/7
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7, 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

44 cosponsors — 42 Republicans, 2 Democrats

3 of 44 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.

Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Bob Barr (R-GA), Joe Barton (R-TX), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), James DeMint (R-SC), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Phil English (R-PA), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Mark Green (R-WI), Felix Grucci (R-NY), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Tony Hall (D-OH), Melissa Hart (R-PA), J. Hastert (R-IL), Joel Hefley (R-CO), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Ric Keller (R-FL), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), Tom Latham (R-IA), Jim Leach (R-IA), Ron Lewis (R-KY), Anne Northup (R-KY), Charles Norwood (R-GA), John Peterson (R-PA) and 14 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. J. Watts.

Sponsor’s state and district

Oklahoma in Congress · OK-4 district

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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.