House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Child Custody Protection Act

H.R. 1218Introduced Mar 23, 1999Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor: Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL

Where it went

IntroducedMar 23, 1999
Committee actionJun 23, 1999
Passed HouseJun 30, 1999 · 270–159
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 12, 1999 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 203.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1218.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1218, Child Custody Protection Act” on June 25, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 23, 1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 25, 1999 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11684
CBO publication date
June 25, 1999
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1218, 106th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1218
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 20, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-204 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 25, 1999.
Source: Congress.gov, reported June 25, 1999 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1218, 106th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1218
Record last updated by Congress.gov
August 20, 2025
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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

131 cosponsors — 115 Republicans, 16 Democrats

17 of 131 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.

Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Dick Armey (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Marion Berry (D-AR), 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), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Charles Canady (R-FL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Philip Crane (R-IL), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), James DeMint (R-SC) and 101 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-18 district

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