Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 24, 2001
- Committee actionSep 6, 2001
- Passed SenateOct 16, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 17, 2002 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1233.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1233, Product Packaging Protection Act of 2001” on September 26, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 6, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13289
- CBO publication date
- September 26, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1233, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1233
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1b34625a4997a8cae40e74b159a5a5e2f08c310a991e85300f13b7c4f8d9d45a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1233, Product Packaging Protection Act of 2001” on September 26, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 6, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13289
- CBO publication date
- September 26, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1233, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1233
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1b34625a4997a8cae40e74b159a5a5e2f08c310a991e85300f13b7c4f8d9d45a
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: S. Rept. 107-106 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 6, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 6, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/106
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1233, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1233
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1b34625a4997a8cae40e74b159a5a5e2f08c310a991e85300f13b7c4f8d9d45a
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 noteFor further action, see H.R. 2621, which became Public Law 107-307 on 12/2/2002.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1233, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1233
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1b34625a4997a8cae40e74b159a5a5e2f08c310a991e85300f13b7c4f8d9d45a
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1233, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Michael DeWine (R-OH), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Herbert Kohl.
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- S. 1956 (107th) Safe Explosives Act
- S. 1191 (107th) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002
- S. 2801 (107th) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003
- S. 1054 (107th) Patient Abuse Prevention Act
- S. 3091 (107th) Patient Abuse Prevention Act
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.