House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-154
To improve protection and management of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia.
Became law on Dec 9, 1999.
Sponsor: Rep. Nathan Deal R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 10, 1999
- Committee actionSep 22, 1999
- Passed HouseOct 18, 1999 · 394–9
- Passed SenateNov 19, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 30, 1999
- Became lawDec 9, 1999
Latest action: Dec 9, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-154.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2140.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2140, A bill to improve protection and management of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the state of Georgia” on October 5, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on September 22, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 5, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11868
- CBO publication date
- October 5, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2140, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2140
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a87519fe7a308b3779bb3b21aaab812135f6b0c886da517a69536eb722680ed7
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2140, An act to improve protection and management of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the state of Georgia” on November 24, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on November 19, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 24, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12046
- CBO publication date
- November 24, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2140, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2140
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a87519fe7a308b3779bb3b21aaab812135f6b0c886da517a69536eb722680ed7
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. 106-369 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 7, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 7, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/369
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2140, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2140
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a87519fe7a308b3779bb3b21aaab812135f6b0c886da517a69536eb722680ed7
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4299 (106th) National Recreation Lakes Act
- H.R. 3076 (106th) Illegal Alien Forfeiture Act of 1999
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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.