House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-224
Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000
Became law on Jun 20, 2000.
Sponsor: Rep. Larry Combest R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 20, 1999
- Committee actionAug 3, 1999
- Passed HouseSep 29, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateMar 23, 2000 · 95–5
- Resolving differencesMay 24, 2000
- To the PresidentJun 8, 2000
- Became lawJun 20, 2000
Latest action: Jun 22, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-224.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2559.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2559, Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 1999” on August 9, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on August 5, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 9, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11787
- CBO publication date
- August 9, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2559, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2559
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b3f9a6c7fa31eacb7397e1ea510f5ec91ac57645419b354d74a877b74be655ea
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2559, Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000” on June 23, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 25, 2000, and signed by the President on June 20, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 23, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12395
- CBO publication date
- June 23, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2559, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2559
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b3f9a6c7fa31eacb7397e1ea510f5ec91ac57645419b354d74a877b74be655ea
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 3 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 106-300 ↗; H. Rept. 106-639 ↗; H. Rept. 106-300,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on September 22, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 22, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/300
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/639
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/300 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2559, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2559
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b3f9a6c7fa31eacb7397e1ea510f5ec91ac57645419b354d74a877b74be655ea
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. 2559, last updated April 7, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Bill Barrett (R-NE), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Charles Canady (R-FL), John Cooksey (R-LA), Thomas Ewing (R-IL), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Robin Hayes (R-NC), Rick Hill (R-MT), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Nick Smith (R-MI), Edward Whitfield (R-KY).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Larry Combest.
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- H.R. 1212 (106th) To protect producers of agricultural commodities who applied for a Crop Revenue Coverage PLUS supplemental endorsement for the 1999 crop…
- H.R. 4502 (106th) Water Pollution Program Improvement Act of 2000
- H.R. 2991 (106th) To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to provide for periodic revision of retaliation lists or other remedial action implemented under section…
- H.R. 2395 (106th) To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to extend through fiscal year 2002 the authority for the advance payment, in full, of the…
- H.Res. 61 (106th) Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Agriculture in the One Hundred Sixth Congress.
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.