Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Veterans Benefits and Pensions Protection Act of 2002
Sponsor: Sen. Clarence Nelson D-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2002
- Committee action—
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 8, 2002 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1708)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2003.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S. 2237, which became Public Law 107-330 on 12/6/2002.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2003, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2003
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 19, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
16 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 12 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 16 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), John Breaux (D-LA), Max Cleland (D-GA), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Larry Craig (R-ID), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Tim Johnson (D-SD), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), John McCain (R-AZ), Patty Murray (D-WA), E. Nelson (D-NE), Jeff Sessions (R-AL).
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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.