House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-84
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2001
- Committee actionJul 19, 2001
- Passed HouseSep 24, 2001 · 383–0
- Passed SenateNov 15, 2001 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesNov 29, 2001
- To the PresidentDec 6, 2001
- Became lawDec 18, 2001
Latest action: Dec 18, 2001 — Became Public Law No: 107-84.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 717.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 717, Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2001 (MD-CARE Act)” on August 10, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 18, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 10, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13218
- CBO publication date
- August 10, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 717, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/717
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
535bd4789af05b8f538759c7908993e6c3c602f5c0a517312fb4db77435cde85
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 717, Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2001 (MD-CARE Act)” on August 10, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 18, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 10, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13218
- CBO publication date
- August 10, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 717, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/717
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
535bd4789af05b8f538759c7908993e6c3c602f5c0a517312fb4db77435cde85
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. 107-195 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 30, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/195
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 717, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/717
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
535bd4789af05b8f538759c7908993e6c3c602f5c0a517312fb4db77435cde85
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. 717, last updated April 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
310 cosponsors — 164 Republicans, 146 Democrats
147 of 310 cosponsors (47%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), W. Akin (R-MO), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Dick Armey (R-TX), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Bob Barr (R-GA), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Marion Berry (D-AR), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX) and 280 more.
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.