Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Presidential Appointments Improvement Act of 2002
Sponsor: Sen. Fred Thompson R-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 12, 2001
- Committee actionMar 21, 2002
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 16, 2002 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 378.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1811.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1811, Presidential Appointments Improvement Act of 2002” on April 10, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on March 21, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 10, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13592
- CBO publication date
- April 10, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1811, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1811
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
20d318d8c7f985f2f70c3a908ebbb203e32f2bb2ab7a1f00d904bf34f8d8edde
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1811, Presidential Appointments Improvement Act of 2002” on April 10, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on March 21, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 10, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13592
- CBO publication date
- April 10, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1811, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1811
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
20d318d8c7f985f2f70c3a908ebbb203e32f2bb2ab7a1f00d904bf34f8d8edde
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. 107-152 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on May 16, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 16, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/152
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1811, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1811
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
20d318d8c7f985f2f70c3a908ebbb203e32f2bb2ab7a1f00d904bf34f8d8edde
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1811, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Richard Lugar (R-IN), George Voinovich (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Fred Thompson.
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- S. 3067 (107th) A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to extend certain Government information security reform for one year, and for other purposes.
- S.Res. 51 (107th) An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
- S. 661 (107th) Transportation Tax Equity and Fairness Act
- S. 291 (107th) AMT and Tax Deduction Fairness 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.