House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Rail Passenger Disaster Family Assistance Act of 1999
Sponsor: Rep. Bud Shuster R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 3, 1999
- Committee actionAug 5, 1999
- Passed HouseOct 4, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 5, 1999 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2681.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2681, Rail Passenger Disaster Family Assistance Act of 1999” on August 27, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on August 5, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 27, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11798
- CBO publication date
- August 27, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2681, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2681
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
380cd2059a595edfce1b02280330b260fc3394132ec516bd5758aa1b53dff4dc
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-313 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on September 13, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 13, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/313
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2681, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2681
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
380cd2059a595edfce1b02280330b260fc3394132ec516bd5758aa1b53dff4dc
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2681, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
James Oberstar (D-MN), Tom Petri (R-WI), Nick Rahall (D-WV).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bud Shuster.
- H.R. 1000 (106th) Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century
- H.R. 2724 (106th) To make technical corrections to the Water Resources Development Act of 1999.
- H.R. 3036 (106th) To provide for interim continuation of administration of motor carrier functions by the Federal Highway Administration.
- H.R. 3419 (106th) Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999
- H.R. 4844 (106th) Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2000
- H.Con.Res. 187 (106th) Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the European Council noise rule affecting hushkitted and reengined aircraft.
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.