House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act
Sponsor: Rep. F. Sensenbrenner R-WIWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 9, 1999
- Committee actionSep 9, 1999
- Passed HouseFeb 15, 2000 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 22, 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. 2086.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2086, Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act” on September 21, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science on September 9, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 21, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11820
- CBO publication date
- September 21, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2086, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2086
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7018023a49f83e341dbb087c9204b5aeee565d0d85e453609299d1174bf637c7
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-472 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on November 16, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 16, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/472
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2086, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2086
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7018023a49f83e341dbb087c9204b5aeee565d0d85e453609299d1174bf637c7
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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
49 cosponsors — 26 Republicans, 23 Democrats
24 of 49 cosponsors (49%) are from the other party.
Brian Baird (D-WA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), George Brown (D-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mike Doyle (D-PA), David Dreier (R-CA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Phil English (R-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Thomas Ewing (R-IL), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX) and 19 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. F. Sensenbrenner.
- H.R. 1183 (106th) Fastener Quality Act Amendments Act of 1999
- H.R. 2413 (106th) Computer Security Enhancement Act of 2000
- H.R. 2112 (106th) Multidistrict Jurisdiction Act of 1999
- H.Con.Res. 409 (106th) Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 1654.
- H.R. 3904 (106th) To prevent the elimination of certain reports.
- H.Res. 453 (106th) Providing for the consideration of the bill H.R. 1753 and the Senate amendments thereto.
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.