Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 25, 2001
- Committee actionApr 25, 2002
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 18, 2002 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 610.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 975.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 975, Community Character Act of 2002” on May 15, 2002. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on April 25, 2002</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 15, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13674
- CBO publication date
- May 15, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 975, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8d97fd6c724a5183ea954e4c44a64e6e101e55dd78577bc0ba4802cf27d0eb32
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 975, Community Character Act of 2002” on May 15, 2002. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on April 25, 2002”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 15, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13674
- CBO publication date
- May 15, 2002
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 975, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8d97fd6c724a5183ea954e4c44a64e6e101e55dd78577bc0ba4802cf27d0eb32
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. 107-290 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on September 18, 2002.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 18, 2002 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/290
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 975, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8d97fd6c724a5183ea954e4c44a64e6e101e55dd78577bc0ba4802cf27d0eb32
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 975, 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
8 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 5 Democrats, 2 independents
6 of 8 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Robert Bennett (R-UT), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Max Cleland (D-GA), James Jeffords (I-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Arlen Specter (D-PA), Robert Torricelli (D-NJ).
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.