House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Deceptive Mail Prevention and Enforcement Act

H.R. 170Introduced Jan 6, 1999Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Where it went

IntroducedJan 6, 1999
Committee actionOct 28, 1999
Passed HouseNov 2, 1999 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Nov 19, 1999 — Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 418.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 170.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 170, Deceptive Mail Prevention and Enforcement Act” on November 1, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on October 28, 1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 1, 1999 ↗
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CBO publication date
November 1, 1999
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 170, 106th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-431 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on November 2, 1999.
Source: Congress.gov, reported November 2, 1999 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 170, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 170, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

148 cosponsors — 59 Republicans, 88 Democrats, 1 independent

89 of 148 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), John Baldacci (D-ME), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Robert Borski (D-PA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), George Brown (D-CA), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Lois Capps (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Julia Carson (D-IN), Michael Castle (R-DE), Donna Christensen (D-VI), James Clyburn (D-SC), Gary Condit (D-CA), Merrill Cook (R-UT), John Cooksey (R-LA) and 118 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Frank LoBiondo.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Jersey in Congress · NJ-2 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.