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House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-89

To locate and secure the return of Zachary Baumel, an American citizen, and other Israeli soldiers missing in action.

H.R. 1175Introduced Mar 18, 1999Policy area: International Affairs

Became law on Nov 8, 1999.

Sponsor: Rep. Tom Lantos D-CA
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Where it went

Latest action: Nov 8, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-89.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1175.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1175, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 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

100 cosponsors — 34 Republicans, 66 Democrats

35 of 100 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Robert Brady (D-PA), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Dan Burton (R-IN), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), William Clay (D-MO), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Julian Dixon (D-CA), David Dreier (R-CA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Mark Foley (R-FL), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Harold Ford (D-TN), Barney Frank (D-MA), Bob Franks (R-NJ), Martin Frost (D-TX), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT) and 70 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Lantos.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-12 district

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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.