Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2001
- Committee actionJun 5, 2002
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 25, 2002 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 444.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 281.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 281, A bill to authorize construction of an education center at or near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and for other purposes” on June 11, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 5, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 11, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13743
- CBO publication date
- June 11, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 281, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a8641b396765801cbc7cd2fabd1d405f7846cbe1b2ba32aed23f627319e070a8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 281, A bill to authorize construction of an education center at or near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and for other purposes” on June 11, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 5, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 11, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13743
- CBO publication date
- June 11, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 281, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a8641b396765801cbc7cd2fabd1d405f7846cbe1b2ba32aed23f627319e070a8
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. 107-177 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on June 25, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 25, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/177
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 281, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/281
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a8641b396765801cbc7cd2fabd1d405f7846cbe1b2ba32aed23f627319e070a8
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 281, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
63 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 34 Democrats, 1 independent
34 of 63 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), George Allen (R-VA), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Jean Carnahan (D-MO), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Max Cleland (D-GA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Larry Craig (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Edwards (D-NC), John Ensign (R-NV), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Russell Feingold (D-WI) and 33 more.
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.