Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to provide a definition of vehicle for purposes of criminal penalties relating to terrorist attacks and other acts of violence against mass transportation systems.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 13, 2002
- Committee actionJun 20, 2002
- Passed SenateJun 25, 2002 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 18, 2002 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2621.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2621, An act to provide a definition of vehicle for purposes of criminal penalties relating to terrorist attacks and other acts of violence against mass transportation systems” on June 27, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on June 25, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 27, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13803
- CBO publication date
- June 27, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2621, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2621
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
07f50634d73f2e868360f6182b7acb3a9a67f2071eba6d4db22621daa95f90b4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2621, An act to provide a definition of vehicle for purposes of criminal penalties relating to terrorist attacks and other acts of violence against mass transportation systems” on June 27, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on June 25, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 27, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13803
- CBO publication date
- June 27, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2621, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2621
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
07f50634d73f2e868360f6182b7acb3a9a67f2071eba6d4db22621daa95f90b4
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. 107-166 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 20, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 20, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/166
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2621, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2621
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
07f50634d73f2e868360f6182b7acb3a9a67f2071eba6d4db22621daa95f90b4
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2621, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Joseph Biden (D-DE), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Charles Schumer (D-NY).
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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.