House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 1999
- Committee actionJun 9, 1999
- Passed HouseSep 21, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 22, 1999 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1243.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1243, National Marine Sanctuaries Enhancement Act of 1999” on July 1, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on June 9, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 1, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11719
- CBO publication date
- July 1, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1243, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1243
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-224 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on July 12, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 12, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/224
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1243, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1243
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6c475e08ac3b94fa2de9eb1a1625d5193c2a2a3622038a2b879c76f4554e7650
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1243, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
5 of 5 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Solomon Ortiz (D-TX), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Bruce Vento (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. H. Saxton.
- H.R. 2454 (106th) Arctic Tundra Habitat Emergency Conservation Act
- H.R. 2903 (106th) Striped Bass Conservation, Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Management, and Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act of 2000
- H.R. 1237 (106th) To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit grants for the national estuary program to be used for the development and…
- H.R. 4442 (106th) National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Act
- H.R. 1934 (106th) Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Act of 1999
- H.R. 1431 (106th) Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization 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.