House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Government Waste, Fraud, and Error Reduction Act of 1999
Sponsor: Rep. Ken Calvert R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 1999
- Committee actionMay 19, 1999
- Passed HouseAug 2, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 3, 1999 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1442.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1442, Law Enforcement and Public Safety Enhancement Act of 1999” on June 8, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on May 19, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 8, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11599
- CBO publication date
- June 8, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1442, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1442
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
19e43a1f4150c5698296614cf950ab6c5e65965f46945471ec8009cc9f085c72
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-275 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 30, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 30, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/275
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1442, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1442
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
19e43a1f4150c5698296614cf950ab6c5e65965f46945471ec8009cc9f085c72
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1442, last updated March 23, 2026. 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
13 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 7 Democrats
7 of 13 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Howard Berman (D-CA), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Gene Green (D-TX), David Hobson (R-OH), Frank Mascara (D-PA), Gary Miller (R-CA), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Karen Thurman (D-FL), Zach Wamp (R-TN), Curt Weldon (R-PA).
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.