House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-348
To authorize the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.
Became law on Oct 24, 2000.
Sponsor: Rep. Sam Johnson R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 21, 1999
- Committee actionApr 5, 2000
- Passed HouseMay 3, 2000 · 421–0
- Passed SenateOct 5, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 12, 2000
- Became lawOct 24, 2000
Latest action: Oct 24, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-348.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1509.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1509, A bill to authorize the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the armed forces of the United States” on April 11, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on April 5, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 11, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12202
- CBO publication date
- April 11, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1509, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1509
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e07e205ce8ddd44b0de8e8e8c54ced2856cbbe8b7c720dd57b6c241c8652b62a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1509, An act to authorize the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the armed forces of the United States” on October 11, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 5, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 11, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12792
- CBO publication date
- October 11, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1509, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1509
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e07e205ce8ddd44b0de8e8e8c54ced2856cbbe8b7c720dd57b6c241c8652b62a
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. 106-583 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on April 13, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 13, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/583
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1509, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1509
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e07e205ce8ddd44b0de8e8e8c54ced2856cbbe8b7c720dd57b6c241c8652b62a
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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
75 cosponsors — 30 Republicans, 45 Democrats
46 of 75 cosponsors (61%) are from the other party.
John Baldacci (D-ME), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Robert Borski (D-PA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), John Cooksey (R-LA), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Jay Dickey (R-AR), Julian Dixon (D-CA), Phil English (R-PA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Tillie Fowler (R-FL), Bob Franks (R-NJ), Martin Frost (D-TX), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT), Richard Gephardt (D-MO), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Bill Goodling (R-PA), Kay Granger (R-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Baron Hill (D-IN), Rick Hill (R-MT), Tim Holden (D-PA) and 45 more.
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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.