Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2002
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 8, 2002
- Committee actionJul 24, 2002
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 9, 2002 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 696.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2483.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2483, National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2002” on July 31, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on July 24, 2002, with subsequent changes provided on July 29, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 31, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13910
- CBO publication date
- July 31, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2483, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2483
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2cb678efc5ff8de62d4928079cec3b18014540904331d95f90e9b67be35be662
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2483, National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2002” on July 31, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on July 24, 2002, with subsequent changes provided on July 29, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 31, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13910
- CBO publication date
- July 31, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2483, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2483
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2cb678efc5ff8de62d4928079cec3b18014540904331d95f90e9b67be35be662
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. 107-308 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on October 10, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 10, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/308
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2483, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2483
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2cb678efc5ff8de62d4928079cec3b18014540904331d95f90e9b67be35be662
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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
13 cosponsors — 11 Democrats, 2 independents
1 of 13 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Jean Carnahan (D-MO), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), James Jeffords (I-VT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Zell Miller (D-GA), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
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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.