House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Oceans Act of 1999
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 1, 1999
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- Passed House—
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Latest action: Jul 14, 1999 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
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 — 10 Republicans, 39 Democrats
10 of 49 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Brian Baird (D-WA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lois Capps (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Bob Filner (D-CA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), James Greenwood (R-PA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Darlene Hooley (D-OR), Amo Houghton (R-NY), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Nancy Johnson (R-CT), John Kasich (R-OH), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Edward Markey (D-MA), Martin Meehan (D-MA), George Miller (D-CA), Patsy Mink (D-HI) and 19 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sam Farr.
- H.Res. 252 (106th) Expressing the condolences of the House on the death of the Honorable George E. Brown, Jr.
- H.Res. 146 (106th) Providing for the mandatory implementation of the Office Waste Recycling Program in the House of Representatives.
- H.R. 3295 (106th) CT-43A Federal Employee Settlement Act
- H.R. 2929 (106th) Captive Elephant Accident Prevention Act of 1999
- H.R. 2277 (106th) To designate all unreserved and unappropriated California coastal rocks and islands currently administered by the Bureau of Land…
- H.R. 1950 (106th) To amend the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to improve the farmland protection program.
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.