House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-193
Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 2000
Became law on May 2, 2000.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Doyle D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 1999
- Committee actionJun 30, 1999
- Passed HouseOct 26, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 19, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesApr 3, 2000
- To the PresidentApr 20, 2000
- Became lawMay 2, 2000
Latest action: May 2, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-193.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1753.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1753, Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 1999” on July 9, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on June 30, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 9, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11666
- CBO publication date
- July 9, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1753, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1753
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7df9978294c9110eda24ab97c4e6ffd03fef3cc61c47ef6eeb3be97f5a41dd62
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1753, Gas Hydrate Research and Development Act of 1999” on September 15, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on September 9, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11815
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1753, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1753
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7df9978294c9110eda24ab97c4e6ffd03fef3cc61c47ef6eeb3be97f5a41dd62
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. 106-377,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 106-377,Part 1 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 18, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/377
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/377 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1753, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1753
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7df9978294c9110eda24ab97c4e6ffd03fef3cc61c47ef6eeb3be97f5a41dd62
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1753, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.