House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-137
Concerning the participation of Taiwan in the World Health Organization (WHO).
Became law on Dec 7, 1999.
Sponsor: Rep. Sherrod Brown D-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 13, 1999
- Committee actionNov 3, 1999
- Passed HouseOct 4, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 19, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 30, 1999
- Became lawDec 7, 1999
Latest action: Dec 7, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-137.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1794.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1794, A bill concerning the participation of Taiwan in the World Health Organization (WHO)” on July 15, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on July 1, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 15, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11692
- CBO publication date
- July 15, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1794, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1794
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
73862c4c4e663adb9388729737493c81651641959f0d1464cdc3274036a5a8e7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1794, An act concerning the participation of Taiwan in the World Health Organization (WHO)” on November 9, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on November 3, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 9, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11970
- CBO publication date
- November 9, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1794, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1794
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
73862c4c4e663adb9388729737493c81651641959f0d1464cdc3274036a5a8e7
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1794, 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
27 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 17 Democrats
9 of 27 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Howard Berman (D-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Jim Davis (D-FL), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Mark Souder (R-IN), Pete Stark (D-CA), Ted Strickland (D-OH), Thomas Tancredo (R-CO), Robert Wexler (D-FL), David Wu (D-OR).
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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.