House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Bliley R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 6, 1999
- Committee actionAug 5, 1999
- Passed HouseNov 9, 1999 · 356–66
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 19, 1999 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1714.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1714, Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act” on August 20, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on August 5, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 20, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11794
- CBO publication date
- August 20, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1714, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1714
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6895bc870462d7792857c7af08e40906bfe2df398f1ff7c358111120cbe3835c
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1714, Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act” on October 15, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 13, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 15, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11917
- CBO publication date
- October 15, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1714, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1714
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6895bc870462d7792857c7af08e40906bfe2df398f1ff7c358111120cbe3835c
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. 106-341,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 106-341,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 15, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/341
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/341 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1714, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1714
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6895bc870462d7792857c7af08e40906bfe2df398f1ff7c358111120cbe3835c
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S. 761, which became Public Law 106-229.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1714, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1714
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6895bc870462d7792857c7af08e40906bfe2df398f1ff7c358111120cbe3835c
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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
10 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 10 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Richard Burr (R-NC), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Thomas Davis (R-VA), David Dreier (R-CA), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Charles Pickering (R-MS), John Shadegg (R-AZ), W. Tauzin (R-LA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Bliley.
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- H.R. 1074 (106th) Regulatory Right-to-Know Act of 1999
- H.R. 1400 (106th) Bond Price Competition Improvement Act of 1999
- H.R. 2634 (106th) Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000
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.