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HR 2899 107th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Air piracy Bombings Commercial aircraft Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Defense Disaster relief EBB Terrorism Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Federal installations Federal office buildings Government Operations and Politics International Affairs New York City Office buildings Pennsylvania Savings bonds September 11, 2001 Terrorism

War Bonds Act of 2001

Introduced: September 17, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 24, 2001
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 23, 2001
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Oct 23, 2001
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 23, 2001
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Oct 23, 2001
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Oct 23, 2001
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2899.
Oct 23, 2001
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7136-7139)
Oct 23, 2001
Mr. Houghton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 17, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 17, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
War Bonds Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue War Bonds in response to the acts of terrorism perpetrated against the United States on September 11, 2001.
What's happening now October 24, 2001

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1431 Identical bill War Bonds Act of 2001
 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3
R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Sep 21, 2001
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Sep 20, 2001
 R
Thune, John
South Dakota · Sep 20, 2001
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 19, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2899: Freedom Bonds Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2899/
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"H.R. 2899: Freedom Bonds Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2899/.
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H.R. 2899, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-2899/.
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