House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 13, 1999
- Committee actionSep 26, 2000
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 25, 2000 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 585.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1798.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1798, Clinical Research Enhancement Act of 1999” on October 19, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on September 26, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 19, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12836
- CBO publication date
- October 19, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1798, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1798
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-1002 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 25, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 25, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/1002
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1798, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1798
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e5621cd86de8b3b262def8d06e3e2802cf3730da5606780ed9c7c005dab6c3ba
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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
52 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 34 Democrats, 1 independent
36 of 52 cosponsors (69%) are from the other party.
Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Burr (R-NC), Michael Capuano (D-MA), William Coyne (D-PA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Julian Dixon (D-CA), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Phil English (R-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Earl Hilliard (D-AL), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Nancy Johnson (R-CT), Jim Leach (R-IA), John Lewis (D-GA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), Matthew Martinez (R-CA), James McGovern (D-MA) and 22 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Greenwood.
- H.R. 3514 (106th) Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act
- H.R. 2090 (106th) Exploration of the Seas Act
- H.R. 2580 (106th) Land Recycling Act of 1999
- H.R. 997 (106th) Advancement in Pediatric Autism Research Act
- H.R. 2120 (106th) Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 1999
- H.R. 380 (106th) National Oilheat Research Alliance Act of 1999
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.