House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-150
To allow the National Park Service to acquire certain land for addition to the Wilderness Battlefield in Virginia, as previously authorized by law, by purchase or exchange as well as by donation.
Became law on Dec 9, 1999.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 4, 1999
- Committee actionSep 22, 1999
- Passed HouseOct 12, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 19, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 30, 1999
- Became lawDec 9, 1999
Latest action: Dec 9, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-150.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1665.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1665, A bill to allow the National Park Service to acquire certain land for addition to the Wilderness Battlefield in Virginia, as previously authorized by law, by purchase or exchange as well as by donation” on September 29, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 22, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 29, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11863
- CBO publication date
- September 29, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1665, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1665
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-362 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 4, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 4, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/362
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1665, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1665
- 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
12 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 12 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Rick Boucher (D-VA), John Dingell (D-MI), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Bob Franks (R-NJ), Martin Frost (D-TX), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Richard Neal (D-MA), Owen Pickett (D-VA), Ike Skelton (D-MO), Victor Snyder (D-AR), James Traficant (D-OH), Frank Wolf (R-VA).
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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.