House concurrent resolution · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice known as shark finning.
Sponsor: Rep. Randy Cunningham R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 27, 1999
- Committee actionOct 27, 1999
- Passed HouseNov 1, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
Latest action: Nov 19, 1999 — Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Con.Res. 189.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H. Con. Res. 189, Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice known as shark finning” on October 29, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 27, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 29, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11962
- CBO publication date
- October 29, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 189, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hconres/189
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
17279a620f4d7c751e97b77b021763c682557dc501b99bf7f3dfb65f730b04c2
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-428 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on November 1, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 1, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/428
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 189, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hconres/189
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
17279a620f4d7c751e97b77b021763c682557dc501b99bf7f3dfb65f730b04c2
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.Con.Res. 189, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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 — 9 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 14 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Steven Kuykendall (R-CA), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Jack Metcalf (R-WA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Collin Peterson (D-MN), H. Saxton (R-NJ), Ellen Tauscher (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Randy Cunningham.
- H.R. 5461 (106th) Shark Finning Prohibition Act
- H.J.Res. 33 (106th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag…
- H.R. 3535 (106th) Shark Finning Prohibition Act
- H.R. 218 (106th) Community Protection Act of 1999
- H.R. 2562 (106th) To amend title 39, United States Code, to allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for prostate cancer research through the voluntary…
- H.R. 4182 (106th) Worker Economic Opportunity Act
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.