House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Satellite Copyright, Competition, and Consumer Protection Act of 1999

H.R. 1554Introduced Apr 26, 1999Policy area: Commerce

Sponsor: Rep. Howard Coble R-NC

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 26, 1999
Committee actionskipped
Passed HouseApr 27, 1999 · 422–1
Passed SenateMay 20, 1999 · by unanimous consent
Resolving differencesSep 28, 1999
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Nov 10, 1999 — Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1554.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1554, Satellite Home Viewers Improvements Act” on November 10, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for a proposed amendment to the bill”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 10, 1999 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11986
CBO publication date
November 10, 1999
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1554, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1554
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-464 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/464
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1554, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1554
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

31 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 12 Democrats

12 of 31 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.

Howard Berman (D-CA), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), John Conyers (D-MI), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), John Dingell (D-MI), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Rick Hill (R-MT), Van Hilleary (R-TN), Henry Hyde (R-IL), William Jenkins (R-TN), Edward Markey (D-MA), Bill McCollum (R-FL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Edward Pease (R-IN), Charles Pickering (R-MS), James Rogan (R-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Tom Sawyer (D-OH), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Ted Strickland (D-OH), Bart Stupak (D-MI), W. Tauzin (R-LA), Fred Upton (R-MI) and 1 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Howard Coble.

Sponsor’s state and district

North Carolina in Congress · NC-6 district

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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.