House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Women's Business Centers Sustainability Act of 1999

H.R. 1497Introduced Apr 20, 1999Policy area: Commerce

Where it went

IntroducedApr 20, 1999
Committee actionSep 30, 1999
Passed HouseOct 19, 1999 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 20, 1999 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1497.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1497, Women's Business Centers Sustainability Act of 1999” on October 4, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Busincess on September 30, 1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 4, 1999 ↗
Evidence
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11860
CBO publication date
October 4, 1999
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1497, 106th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-365 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on October 5, 1999.
Source: Congress.gov, reported October 5, 1999 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1497, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
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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

36 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 30 Democrats, 1 independent

5 of 36 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.

Thomas Allen (D-ME), John Baldacci (D-ME), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Robert Borski (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Phil English (R-PA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Kay Granger (R-TX), Earl Hilliard (D-AL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Nancy Johnson (R-CT), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Dennis Moore (D-KS), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), David Phelps (D-IL), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) and 6 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Udall.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Mexico in Congress · NM-3 district

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