House bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-72
Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2001
Became law on Nov 20, 2001.
Sponsor: Rep. Lamar Smith R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 28, 2001
- Committee actionMar 28, 2001
- Passed HouseApr 3, 2001 · 414–0
- Passed SenateOct 3, 2001 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesNov 6, 2001
- To the PresidentNov 13, 2001
- Became lawNov 20, 2001
Latest action: Nov 20, 2001 — Became Public Law No: 107-72.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 768.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 768, Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2001” on March 30, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 28, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 30, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13008
- CBO publication date
- March 30, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 768, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/768
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
49639fbd7fadfbf9032bc376e6d7eb6dfb8bccf0e8152d866e024e9d6e155703
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 768, Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2001” on March 30, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 28, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 30, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13008
- CBO publication date
- March 30, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 768, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/768
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
49639fbd7fadfbf9032bc376e6d7eb6dfb8bccf0e8152d866e024e9d6e155703
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. 107-32 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 3, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 3, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/32
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 768, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/hr/768
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
49639fbd7fadfbf9032bc376e6d7eb6dfb8bccf0e8152d866e024e9d6e155703
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. 768, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 863 (107th) Consequences for Juvenile Offenders 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.