House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 14, 1999
- Committee actionAug 5, 1999
- Passed HouseSep 28, 1999 · 417–7
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 30, 1999 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on HELP.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2506.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2506, Health Research and Quality Act of 1999” on September 7, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on August 5, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 7, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11833
- CBO publication date
- September 7, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2506, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2506
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 106-305 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 8, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/305
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2506, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2506
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8f528c8117a7c8fe752f5fe8e1dab8244f764b89a6d79ae30cc44fe8fcc8f3b1
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2506, last updated June 3, 2026. 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 — 2 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 8 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
David Bonior (D-MI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jim Davis (D-FL), Sam Farr (D-CA), James Greenwood (R-PA), Karen Thurman (D-FL), Henry Waxman (D-CA), Edward Whitfield (R-KY).
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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.