House concurrent resolution · 106th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the 200th birthday celebration of the Library of Congress.
Sponsor: Rep. Bob Franks R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2000
- Committee actionMar 16, 2000
- Passed HouseApr 3, 2000 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateApr 12, 2000 · by unanimous consent
Latest action: Apr 13, 2000 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Con.Res. 279.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H. Con. Res. 279, Authorizing the use of the Capitol grounds for the 200th birthday celebration of the Library of Congress” on March 21, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 16, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 21, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12144
- CBO publication date
- March 21, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 279, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hconres/279
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
185ba30179e184e47bfb06fae82b4ec5e31267c91d7becae4dbcb5e32a2563c5
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-542 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on March 24, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 24, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/542
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Con.Res. 279, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hconres/279
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
185ba30179e184e47bfb06fae82b4ec5e31267c91d7becae4dbcb5e32a2563c5
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bob Franks.
- H.R. 3069 (106th) Southeast Federal Center Public-Private Development Act of 2000
- H.R. 2014 (106th) To prohibit a State from imposing a discriminatory commuter tax on nonresidents.
- H.Con.Res. 105 (106th) Authorizing the Law Enforcement Torch Run for the 1999 Special Olympics World Games to be run through the Capitol Grounds.
- H.Con.Res. 280 (106th) Authorizing the 2000 District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run to be run through the Capitol Grounds.
- H.Con.Res. 50 (106th) Authorizing the 1999 District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run to be run through the Capitol Grounds.
- H.R. 4519 (106th) Baylee's Law
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.