House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-254
Federal Law Enforcement Animal Protection Act of 2000
Became law on Aug 2, 2000.
Sponsor: Rep. Gerald Weller R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 13, 1999
- Committee actionSep 22, 1999
- Passed HouseOct 12, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 19, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJul 21, 2000
- Became lawAug 2, 2000
Latest action: Aug 2, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-254.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1791.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1791, Federal Law Enforcement Animal Protection Act of 1999” on September 28, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 22, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 28, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11837
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1791, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1791
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54a039f368e5476e61247352eab26dce7f7018ac5a3cb8f879c1f96c7fd4041f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1791, Federal Law Enforcement Animal Protection Act of 2000” on July 24, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 19, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12590
- CBO publication date
- July 24, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1791, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1791
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54a039f368e5476e61247352eab26dce7f7018ac5a3cb8f879c1f96c7fd4041f
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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-372 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 12, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 12, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/372
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1791, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1791
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54a039f368e5476e61247352eab26dce7f7018ac5a3cb8f879c1f96c7fd4041f
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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
24 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 13 Democrats
14 of 24 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Phil English (R-PA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Sam Farr (D-CA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), William Lipinski (D-IL), Jack Metcalf (R-WA), Constance Morella (R-MD), Ed Pastor (D-AZ), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), H. Saxton (R-NJ), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Charles Stenholm (D-TX), Karen Thurman (D-FL), John Tierney (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Res. 394 (106th) Returning to the Senate the bill S. 1232.
- H.R. 4274 (106th) Digital Divide Access to Technology 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.