House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-118
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1999
Became law on Nov 30, 1999.
Sponsor: Rep. Bob Stump R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 18, 1999
- Committee actionJun 23, 1999
- Passed HouseJun 29, 1999 · 424–0
- Passed SenateJul 26, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesNov 9, 1999
- To the PresidentNov 23, 1999
- Became lawNov 30, 1999
Latest action: Nov 30, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-118.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2280.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2280, Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 1999” on June 29, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 23, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 29, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11651
- CBO publication date
- June 29, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2280, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2280
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e53d141736bf7e211a027ed8db216eb915dfca8553cd6b3a584f976ace3fcbcc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2280, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1999” on December 3, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on November 19, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 3, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12052
- CBO publication date
- December 3, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2280, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2280
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e53d141736bf7e211a027ed8db216eb915dfca8553cd6b3a584f976ace3fcbcc
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. 106-202 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 25, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 25, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/202
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2280, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2280
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e53d141736bf7e211a027ed8db216eb915dfca8553cd6b3a584f976ace3fcbcc
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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
22 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 18 Democrats
18 of 22 cosponsors (82%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Carson (D-IN), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Terry Everett (R-AL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Baron Hill (D-IN), John Olver (D-MA), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Jack Quinn (R-NY), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX), Max Sandlin (D-TX), Ronnie Shows (D-MS), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Victor Snyder (D-AR), Tom Udall (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bob Stump.
- H.R. 4864 (106th) Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000
- H.J.Res. 34 (106th) Congratulating and commending the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
- H.R. 4850 (106th) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2000
- H.R. 747 (106th) Arizona Statehood and Enabling Act Amendments of 1999
- H.R. 70 (106th) Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act
- H.R. 604 (106th) To amend the charter of the AMVETS organization.
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.