House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 18, 1999
- Committee actionOct 26, 1999
- Passed HouseFeb 1, 2000 · 341–70
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 13, 2000 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 503.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1838.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1838, Taiwan Security Enhancement Act” on November 2, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on International Relations on October 26, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 2, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11942
- CBO publication date
- November 2, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1838, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1838
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
778b9f4e578e6efb36ca5c89758ae3eb1d497226c9cd4a3fffddc0495811d3f1
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-423 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Affairs Committee on October 28, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 28, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/423
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1838, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1838
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
778b9f4e578e6efb36ca5c89758ae3eb1d497226c9cd4a3fffddc0495811d3f1
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1838, last updated June 6, 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
81 cosponsors — 54 Republicans, 27 Democrats
27 of 81 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Dick Armey (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Bob Barr (R-GA), Joe Barton (R-TX), Howard Berman (D-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Howard Coble (R-NC), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Philip Crane (R-IL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), James DeMint (R-SC), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), John Doolittle (R-CA), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Phil English (R-PA), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Mark Foley (R-FL), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Barney Frank (D-MA) and 51 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom DeLay.
- H.Con.Res. 158 (106th) Designating the Document Door of the United States Capitol as the "Memorial Door".
- H.R. 4654 (106th) American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2000
- H.R. 2550 (106th) Private Property Protection Act of 1999
- H.R. 12 (106th) To limit the jurisdiction of the Federal courts with respect to prison release orders.
- H.R. 2398 (106th) Private Activity Bond Clarification 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.