Senate bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-330
Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2002
Became law on Dec 6, 2002.
Sponsor: Sen. Jay Rockefeller D-WVWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 24, 2002
- Committee actionJun 6, 2002
- Passed SenateSep 26, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseNov 15, 2002 · without objection
- Resolving differencesNov 18, 2002
- To the PresidentNov 25, 2002
- Became lawDec 6, 2002
Latest action: Dec 6, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-330.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2237.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2237, Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2002” on July 1, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 6, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 1, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13805
- CBO publication date
- July 1, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2237, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ba9b194d06a3513387e108de63a5fe5af225c79dcd0a33ded81a5c9dea3d574
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2237, Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2002” on July 1, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 6, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 1, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13805
- CBO publication date
- July 1, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2237, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ba9b194d06a3513387e108de63a5fe5af225c79dcd0a33ded81a5c9dea3d574
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. 107-234 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on August 1, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 1, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/234
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2237, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ba9b194d06a3513387e108de63a5fe5af225c79dcd0a33ded81a5c9dea3d574
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 noteS. 2237 as introduced dealt with veterans' hearing loss compensation. As reported to Senate and enacted into law, S. 2237 broadened to include provisions from other veterans' benefit bills.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2237, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2237
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6ba9b194d06a3513387e108de63a5fe5af225c79dcd0a33ded81a5c9dea3d574
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2237, 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. Jay Rockefeller.
- S. 2951 (107th) Federal Aviation Administration Research, Engineering, and Development Act of 2002
- S. 1972 (107th) A bill to amend the charter of the AMVETS organization.
- S.Res. 241 (107th) A concurrent resolution designating April 11, 2002, as "National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day".
- S.Res. 134 (107th) A resolution authorizing that the Senate office of Senator John D. Rockefeller IV be used to collect donations of clothing from July 13…
- S. 1088 (107th) Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2001
- S. 1090 (107th) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment 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.