House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-50
Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999
Became law on Aug 17, 1999.
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Talent R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 27, 1999
- Committee actionJun 23, 1999
- Passed HouseJun 29, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateAug 5, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesAug 5, 1999
- To the PresidentAug 11, 1999
- Became lawAug 17, 1999
Latest action: Aug 17, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-50.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1568.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1568, Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999” on June 29, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on June 23, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 29, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11655
- CBO publication date
- June 29, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1568, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1568
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3f3bbcec9465040fdc616d64b9dccaf9bcca564bce66d607e548752e1087a2d4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1568, Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999” on July 23, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Busincess on July 15, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 23, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11731
- CBO publication date
- July 23, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1568, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1568
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3f3bbcec9465040fdc616d64b9dccaf9bcca564bce66d607e548752e1087a2d4
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1568, Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999” on August 12, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on August 5, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 12, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11786
- CBO publication date
- August 12, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1568, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1568
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3f3bbcec9465040fdc616d64b9dccaf9bcca564bce66d607e548752e1087a2d4
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 106-136 ↗; H. Rept. 106-206 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 4, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/136
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/206 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1568, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1568
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3f3bbcec9465040fdc616d64b9dccaf9bcca564bce66d607e548752e1087a2d4
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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
67 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 38 Democrats, 1 independent
38 of 67 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Richard Baker (R-LA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Julia Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Larry Combest (R-TX), Merrill Cook (R-UT), John Cooksey (R-LA), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Pat Danner (D-MO), James DeMint (R-SC), Cal Dooley (D-CA), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Phil English (R-PA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Thomas Ewing (R-IL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Martin Frost (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Rick Hill (R-MT), Kenny Hulshof (R-MO) and 37 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Talent.
- H.R. 68 (106th) Small Business Investment Improvement Act of 1999
- H.R. 440 (106th) Microloan Program Technical Corrections Act of 1999
- H.R. 2614 (106th) Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act of 2000
- H.R. 2615 (106th) To amend the Small Business Act to make improvements to the general business loan program, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3843 (106th) Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000
- H.R. 439 (106th) Paperwork Elimination Act of 1999
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.