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.
Became law on Nov 8, 1999.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 1999
- Committee actionJun 10, 1999
- Passed HouseJun 22, 1999 · 415–5
- Passed SenateAug 5, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesOct 26, 1999
- To the PresidentOct 27, 1999
- Became lawNov 8, 1999
Latest action: Nov 8, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-89.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1175.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1175, A bill to locate and secure the return of Zachary Baumel, an American citizen, and other Israeli soldiers missing in action” on June 11, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on June 10, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 11, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11606
- CBO publication date
- June 11, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1175, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1175
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
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
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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.