House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 1999
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Chabot R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 7, 1999
- Committee actionSep 22, 1999
- Passed HouseFeb 2, 2000 · 222–194
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 3, 2000 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2005.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2005, Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 1999” on October 8, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 22, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 8, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11888
- CBO publication date
- October 8, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2005, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2005
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
21c0628a398efa57954a4718f8862b40a997c7d0da7ccb08becec15496a5d832
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-410 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 22, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 22, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/410
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2005, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2005
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
21c0628a398efa57954a4718f8862b40a997c7d0da7ccb08becec15496a5d832
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2005, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
George Gekas (R-PA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), James Rogan (R-CA), John Shimkus (R-IL), Louise Slaughter (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Chabot.
- H.Con.Res. 293 (106th) Urging compliance with the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
- H.J.Res. 64 (106th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect the rights of crime victims.
- H.R. 1281 (106th) To allow media coverage of court proceedings.
- H.R. 3307 (106th) Defense of Privacy Act
- H.R. 1177 (106th) Health Insurance Affordability Act
- H.R. 2527 (106th) LAM Disease Research 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.