House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 1999
- Committee actionFeb 10, 1999
- Passed HouseJun 15, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 1999 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 280.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 17.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 17, Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act of 1999” on February 19, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on February 10, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 19, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11371
- CBO publication date
- February 19, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 17, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/17
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0918a69afccace4bf2e7683cf1d07ac6cdcd950a4704bea8674a712eccfce5a6
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 17, Selective Agricultural Embargoes Act of 1999” on June 11, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on June 10, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 11, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11613
- CBO publication date
- June 11, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 17, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/17
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0918a69afccace4bf2e7683cf1d07ac6cdcd950a4704bea8674a712eccfce5a6
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: H. Rept. 106-154,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 106-154,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 14, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/154
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/154 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 17, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/17
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0918a69afccace4bf2e7683cf1d07ac6cdcd950a4704bea8674a712eccfce5a6
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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
47 cosponsors — 36 Republicans, 11 Democrats
11 of 47 cosponsors (23%) are from the other party.
Bill Barrett (R-NE), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Charles Canady (R-FL), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Larry Combest (R-TX), Gary Condit (D-CA), Pat Danner (D-MO), Jay Dickey (R-AR), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Mark Foley (R-FL), Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Rick Hill (R-MT), Kenny Hulshof (R-MO), Christopher John (D-LA), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), Ray LaHood (R-IL), Tom Latham (R-IA), Jim Leach (R-IA), Ron Lewis (R-KY), William Lipinski (D-IL), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), John McHugh (R-NY), David Minge (D-MN) and 17 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 224 (106th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on agricultural trade negotiations.
- H.Con.Res. 256 (106th) Expressing the sense of Congress with regard to the use of reformulated gasoline fuels, and for other purposes.
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.