House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Recycle America's Land Act of 1999

H.R. 1300Introduced Mar 25, 1999Policy area: Environmental Protection

Sponsor: Rep. Sherwood Boehlert R-NY

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 25, 1999
Committee actionAug 5, 1999
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 30, 1999 — Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 106-353, Part I.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1300.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1300, Recycle America's Land Act of 1999” on September 23, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on August 5, 1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 23, 1999 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11834
CBO publication date
September 23, 1999
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1300, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1300
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-353 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on September 30, 1999.
Source: Congress.gov, reported September 30, 1999 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1300, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1300
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

148 cosponsors — 80 Republicans, 67 Democrats, 1 independent

69 of 148 cosponsors (47%) are from the other party.

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), John Baldacci (D-ME), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Charles Bass (R-NH), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Marion Berry (D-AR), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Robert Borski (D-PA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Michael Castle (R-DE), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), William Clay (D-MO), Bob Clement (D-TN), James Clyburn (D-SC), Howard Coble (R-NC), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and 118 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sherwood Boehlert.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-23 district

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