House concurrent resolution · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity should be considered conclusive evidence of human life for legal purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 12, 2000
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
Latest action: Apr 12, 2000 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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
121 cosponsors — 112 Republicans, 9 Democrats
10 of 121 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Dick Armey (R-TX), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Charles Canady (R-FL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Mac Collins (R-GA), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Philip Crane (R-IL), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), James DeMint (R-SC), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Jay Dickey (R-AR) and 91 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Coburn.
- H.R. 4807 (106th) Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2000
- H.R. 1178 (106th) Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 1999
- H.R. 5385 (106th) RU-486 Patient Health and Safety Protection Act
- H.R. 3980 (106th) Human Fetal Tissue Reporting and Disclosure Act of 2000
- H.R. 2824 (106th) Health Care Quality and Choice Act of 1999
- H.R. 3248 (106th) Protecting Women's Health Act of 1999
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.