House bill · 106th Congress · Latest step: To the President
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 13, 1999
- Committee actionJul 14, 1999
- Passed HouseJul 22, 1999 · 223–208
- Passed SenateJul 30, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesAug 2, 1999
- To the PresidentSep 15, 1999
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 19, 1999 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2488.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2488, Financial Freedom Act of 1999” on July 20, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Mean on July 14, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11734
- CBO publication date
- July 20, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2488, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2488
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a5fb10ff01629b34f13d648242a8ab503c881cee40d63b2480641bb2de5c7089
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2488, Taxpayer Refund Act of 1999” on August 24, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by Congress on August 5, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 24, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11805
- CBO publication date
- August 24, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2488, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2488
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a5fb10ff01629b34f13d648242a8ab503c881cee40d63b2480641bb2de5c7089
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 106-238 ↗; H. Rept. 106-289 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on July 16, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 16, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/238
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/289 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2488, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2488
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a5fb10ff01629b34f13d648242a8ab503c881cee40d63b2480641bb2de5c7089
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. 2488, last updated August 20, 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
8 cosponsors — 8 Republicans
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Philip Crane (R-IL), Phil English (R-PA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Rick Hill (R-MT), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Scott McInnis (R-CO), Lamar Smith (R-TX), William Thomas (R-CA).
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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.