House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Small Business Act to make improvements to the general business loan program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Talent R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 1999
- Committee actionJul 29, 1999
- Passed HouseAug 2, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 3, 1999 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2615.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2615, A bill to amend the Small Business Act to make improvements to the general business loan program, and for other purposes” on August 2, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Busincess on July 29, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 2, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11759
- CBO publication date
- August 2, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2615, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2615
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-279 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on August 2, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 2, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/279
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2615, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2615
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
17 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 17 cosponsors (59%) are from the other party.
Brian Baird (D-WA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Larry Combest (R-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), James DeMint (R-SC), Rick Hill (R-MT), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), John Sweeney (R-NY), Tom Udall (D-NM), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Talent.
- H.R. 1568 (106th) Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999
- H.R. 68 (106th) Small Business Investment Improvement Act of 1999
- H.R. 440 (106th) Microloan Program Technical Corrections Act of 1999
- H.R. 2614 (106th) Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act of 2000
- H.R. 3843 (106th) Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000
- H.R. 439 (106th) Paperwork Elimination Act of 1999
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.