Senate bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-326

FHA Downpayment Simplification Act of 2002

S. 2239Introduced Apr 24, 2002Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Became law on Dec 4, 2002.

Sponsor: Sen. Paul Sarbanes D-MD

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 24, 2002
Committee actionSep 12, 2002
Passed SenateOct 17, 2002 · by unanimous consent
Passed HouseNov 15, 2002 · without objection
To the PresidentNov 22, 2002
Became lawDec 4, 2002

Latest action: Dec 4, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-326.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2239.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2239, FHA Downpayment Simplification Act of 2002” on September 18, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on September 12, 2002</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 18, 2002 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14002
CBO publication date
September 18, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2239, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2239
Record last updated by Congress.gov
February 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2239, FHA Downpayment Simplification Act of 2002” on September 18, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on September 12, 2002”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 18, 2002 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14002
CBO publication date
September 18, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2239, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2239
Record last updated by Congress.gov
February 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cd016a0e3e02668d524dc601a677df4a59c667d755043dbf7c3cfe4b6dfc6170
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 February 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2239, last updated February 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

24 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 14 Democrats

10 of 24 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.

A. Allard (R-CO), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), John Ensign (R-NV), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Zell Miller (D-GA), John Reed (D-RI), Rick Santorum (R-PA), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Theodore Stevens (R-AK), Robert Torricelli (D-NJ).

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Sponsor’s state and district

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