Senate bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-109
Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act
Became law on Jan 4, 2002.
Sponsor: Sen. Christopher Dodd D-CTWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 8, 2001
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed SenateDec 12, 2001 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseDec 18, 2001 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentJan 3, 2002
- Became lawJan 4, 2002
Latest action: Jan 4, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-109.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1789.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1789, Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act” on January 14, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 18, 2001, and signed into law by the President on January 4, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 14, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13498
- CBO publication date
- January 14, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1789, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1789
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b5ceae29ff45e2877194af9f9649f62fdd6e76fe77a56103a8cf465e4d19df46
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1789, Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act” on January 14, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 18, 2001, and signed into law by the President on January 4, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 14, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13498
- CBO publication date
- January 14, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1789, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1789
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b5ceae29ff45e2877194af9f9649f62fdd6e76fe77a56103a8cf465e4d19df46
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1789, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Christopher Dodd.
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- S. 838 (107th) Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act
- S. 2667 (107th) Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act
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- S.Res. 268 (107th) A resolution designating May 20, 2002, as a day for Americans to recognize the importance of teaching children about current events in an…
- S.Con.Res. 102 (107th) A concurrent resolution proclaiming the week of May 4 through May 11, 2002, as "National Safe Kids Week".
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.