Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 7, 2001
- Committee actionAug 2, 2001
- Passed SenateOct 18, 2001 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 23, 2001 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 838.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 838, Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act” on November 16, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on October 18, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 16, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13414
- CBO publication date
- November 16, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 838, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/838
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e5ea7fd9b1159b978244b5c63bc8fde04e96d9871e64dca2a25efa89be9a6b10
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 838, Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act” on November 16, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on October 18, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 16, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13414
- CBO publication date
- November 16, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 838, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/838
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e5ea7fd9b1159b978244b5c63bc8fde04e96d9871e64dca2a25efa89be9a6b10
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. 107-79 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on October 4, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 4, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/79
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 838, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/838
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e5ea7fd9b1159b978244b5c63bc8fde04e96d9871e64dca2a25efa89be9a6b10
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S. 1789, which became Public Law 107-109 on 1/4/2002.Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 838, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/838
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e5ea7fd9b1159b978244b5c63bc8fde04e96d9871e64dca2a25efa89be9a6b10
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 838, last updated March 9, 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
14 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 8 Democrats, 1 independent
6 of 14 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Susan Collins (R-ME), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), William Frist (R-TN), James Jeffords (I-VT), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA), John Reed (D-RI), Pat Roberts (R-KS).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Christopher Dodd.
- S. 1789 (107th) Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act
- S. 565 (107th) Martin Luther King, Jr. Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2002
- S. 2667 (107th) Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act
- S.Con.Res. 86 (107th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that women from all ethnic groups in Afghanistan should participate in the…
- S.Res. 268 (107th) A resolution designating May 20, 2002, as a day for Americans to recognize the importance of teaching children about current events in an…
- S.Con.Res. 102 (107th) A concurrent resolution proclaiming the week of May 4 through May 11, 2002, as "National Safe Kids Week".
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.