Senate bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-196
Mychal Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act of 2002
Became law on Jun 24, 2002.
Sponsor: Sen. Patrick Leahy D-VTWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2002
- Committee actionMay 2, 2002
- Passed SenateMay 7, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseJun 11, 2002 · without objection
- To the PresidentJun 13, 2002
- Became lawJun 24, 2002
Latest action: Jun 24, 2002 — Became Public Law No: 107-196.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2431.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2431, Mychal Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act of 2002” on May 7, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 2, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 7, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13646
- CBO publication date
- May 7, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2431, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2431
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a2259af7afd1260252f86e11a824dc0503ca34b779a299e3cfea38498d946f45
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2431, Mychal Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act of 2002” on May 7, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 2, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 7, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13646
- CBO publication date
- May 7, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2431, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2431
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a2259af7afd1260252f86e11a824dc0503ca34b779a299e3cfea38498d946f45
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2431, Mychal Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act of 2002” on June 17, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on June 11, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 17, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13795
- CBO publication date
- June 17, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2431, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2431
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a2259af7afd1260252f86e11a824dc0503ca34b779a299e3cfea38498d946f45
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2431, Mychal Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers' Benefit Act of 2002” on June 17, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on June 11, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 17, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13795
- CBO publication date
- June 17, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2431, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2431
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a2259af7afd1260252f86e11a824dc0503ca34b779a299e3cfea38498d946f45
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. 2431, 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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Joseph Biden (D-DE), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Charles Schumer (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy.
- S. 754 (107th) Drug Competition Act of 2002
- S. 1754 (107th) Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 2002
- S. 2621 (107th) A bill to provide a definition of vehicle for purposes of criminal penalties relating to terrorist attacks and other acts of violence…
- S.Res. 368 (107th) A resolution expressing the Sense of the Senate concerning the decline of world coffee prices and its impact on developing nations.
- S. 1770 (107th) A bill to implement the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings to strengthen criminal laws relating to attacks…
- S. 2480 (107th) Law Enforcement Officers Safety 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.