House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 9, 1999
- Committee actionJul 26, 2000
- Passed HouseSep 12, 2000 · 390–8
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 14, 2000 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 806.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2090.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2090, Exploration of the Seas Act” on August 4, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 26, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 4, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12563
- CBO publication date
- August 4, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2090, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2090
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
810891e727edfa15b984213ba244b55bb51f0c2812d5ca6c8ecfa8a7a189c0f2
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. 106-810 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 6, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 6, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/810
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2090, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2090
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
810891e727edfa15b984213ba244b55bb51f0c2812d5ca6c8ecfa8a7a189c0f2
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2090, 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
16 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 16 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.
Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Phil English (R-PA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Bob Franks (R-NJ), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Constance Morella (R-MD), Carlos Romero-Barcelo (D-PR), H. Saxton (R-NJ), F. Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Robert Underwood (D-GU).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Greenwood.
- H.R. 3514 (106th) Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance, and Protection Act
- H.R. 1798 (106th) Clinical Research Enhancement Act of 1999
- H.R. 2580 (106th) Land Recycling Act of 1999
- H.R. 997 (106th) Advancement in Pediatric Autism Research Act
- H.R. 2120 (106th) Equity in Prescription Insurance and Contraceptive Coverage Act of 1999
- H.R. 380 (106th) National Oilheat Research Alliance 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.