House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 26, 1999
- Committee actionMar 15, 2000
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 15, 2000 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 510.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1954.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1954, Rental Fairness Act of 1999” on March 23, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on March 15, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 23, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12237
- CBO publication date
- March 23, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1954, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1954
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5974b4e7af27ad707d9e4234529c963031b6defa7f9f80d9cb627a32ac20eb54
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. 106-774 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on July 21, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 21, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/774
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1954, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/1954
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5974b4e7af27ad707d9e4234529c963031b6defa7f9f80d9cb627a32ac20eb54
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1954, 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
13 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 13 cosponsors (8%) are from the other party.
Joe Barton (R-TX), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Richard Burr (R-NC), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Steve Largent (R-OK), James Moran (D-VA), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Charles Pickering (R-MS), James Rogan (R-CA), John Shadegg (R-AZ), Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Roger Wicker (R-MS).
More from the sponsor
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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.