HR 2175 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002

Introduced Jun 14, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Steve Chabot R-OH

Fact sheet

Latest action · Aug 5, 2002 Became Public Law No: 107-207.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 14, 2001
  2. Passed HouseMar 12, 2002
  3. Passed SenateJul 18, 2002
  4. To the PresidentJul 26, 2002
  5. Became lawAug 5, 2002

Summary

Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 - Directs that in determining the meaning of any Act of Congress or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various U.S. administrative bureaus and agencies, the words "person," "human being," "child," and "individual" shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive (as defined in this Act) at any stage of development.

Cosponsors 105

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 14, 2001 to Jul 30, 2001, with 74 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-VABob GoodlatteOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-ALBob RileyOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-MSCharles W. "Chip" PickeringOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-GACharles W. NorwoodOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-UTChris CannonOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-NJChristopher H. SmithOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-FLCliff StearnsOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-INDan BurtonOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-MIDave CampOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-FLDave WeldonOriginalJun 14, 2001
D-ILDavid D. PhelpsOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-LADavid VitterOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-VAEric CantorOriginalJun 14, 2001
R-OKErnest J. Istook Jr.OriginalJun 14, 2001
R-VAFrank R. WolfOriginalJun 14, 2001
Show all 105 cosponsors

Actions 26

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 5, 2002Became Public Law No: 107-207.
  2. Aug 5, 2002Signed by President.
  3. Jul 26, 2002Presented to President.
  4. Jul 19, 2002Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Jul 18, 2002Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7084)
Show all 26 actions

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1050Born-Alive Infants Protection ActRelated billJun 14, 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.