Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law

National AMBER Alert Network Act of 2002

S. 2896Introduced Sep 3, 2002Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor: Sen. Kay Hutchison R-TX

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Where it went

IntroducedSep 3, 2002
Committee actionSep 5, 2002
Passed SenateSep 10, 2002 · by unanimous consent
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 20, 2002 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2896.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2896, National AMBER Alert Network Act of 2002” on October 10, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on September 10, 2002</p>”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 10, 2002 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14157
CBO publication date
October 10, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2896, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2896
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 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. 2896, National AMBER Alert Network Act of 2002” on October 10, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on September 10, 2002”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 10, 2002 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14157
CBO publication date
October 10, 2002
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2896, 107th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/2896
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 10, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
98033ddd1232d59f67e313185eea280ce3467f85b7d37b2a37f46938d3b18b7b
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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

41 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 20 Democrats

20 of 41 cosponsors (49%) are from the other party.

A. Allard (R-CO), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Jean Carnahan (D-MO), Max Cleland (D-GA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Edwards (D-NC), John Ensign (R-NV), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chester Lott (R-MS), Richard Lugar (R-IN), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Zell Miller (D-GA) and 11 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Kay Hutchison.

Sponsor’s state and district

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