Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
National Child Protection and Volunteers for Children Improvement Act of 2002
Sponsor: Sen. Joseph Biden D-DEWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 20, 2001
- Committee actionMay 23, 2002
- Passed SenateOct 17, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 12, 2002 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1868.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1868, National Child Protection Improvement Act” on June 14, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 23, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 14, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13772
- CBO publication date
- June 14, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1868, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1868
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a3b79a929ea7f5bbfd7bbc99e2da29a5002c5f196e5843ad5f9925d612be4373
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1868, National Child Protection Improvement Act” on June 14, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 23, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 14, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13772
- CBO publication date
- June 14, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1868, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1868
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a3b79a929ea7f5bbfd7bbc99e2da29a5002c5f196e5843ad5f9925d612be4373
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 August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1868, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat, 1 independent
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Jon Corzine (D-NJ), James Jeffords (I-VT), James Thurmond (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Joseph Biden.
- S.Res. 164 (107th) A resolution designating October 19, 2001, as "National Mammography Day".
- S.Res. 143 (107th) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the development of educational programs on veterans' contributions to the…
- S.Res. 293 (107th) A resolution designating the week of November 10 through November 16, 2002, as "National Veterans Awareness Week" to emphasize the need to…
- S. 2513 (107th) DNA Sexual Assault Justice Act of 2002
- S.Res. 309 (107th) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Bosnia and Herzegovina should be congratulated on the 10th anniversary of its…
- S. 2487 (107th) Global Pathogen Surveillance Act of 2002
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.