House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Citizen Legislature and Political Freedom Act
Sponsor: Rep. John Doolittle R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 25, 1999
- Committee actionAug 2, 1999
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 5, 1999 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 176.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1922.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1922, Citizen Legislature and Political Freedom Act” on August 4, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on August 2, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 4, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11754
- CBO publication date
- August 4, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1922, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1922
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d347704dfc81c3e42efa745fd5538854ba5f45f5a4c521ca529b5c45e7236aa7
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-296 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on August 5, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 5, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/296
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1922, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1922
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d347704dfc81c3e42efa745fd5538854ba5f45f5a4c521ca529b5c45e7236aa7
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1922, last updated August 20, 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
71 cosponsors — 70 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 71 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Dick Armey (R-TX), Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Bob Barr (R-GA), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Dan Burton (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Howard Coble (R-NC), Mac Collins (R-GA), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Philip Crane (R-IL), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Jay Dickey (R-AR), David Dreier (R-CA), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Terry Everett (R-AL), Tillie Fowler (R-FL), Ralph Hall (R-TX), James Hansen (R-UT), Robin Hayes (R-NC), Wally Herger (R-CA), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Sam Johnson (R-TX) and 41 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Doolittle.
- H.R. 4132 (106th) To reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology institutes established under the Water Resources Research Act of 1984.
- H.R. 3388 (106th) Lake Tahoe Restoration Act
- H.R. 359 (106th) Emigrant Wilderness Preservation Act of 1999
- H.R. 992 (106th) Sly Park Unit Conveyance Act
- H.R. 5130 (106th) CALFED Extension Act of 2000
- H.J.Res. 21 (106th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States establishing English as the official language of the United States.
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.