House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-84
To amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for greater fiscal autonomy consistent with other United States jurisdictions, and for other purposes.
Became law on Oct 28, 1999.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 13, 1999
- Committee actionSep 22, 1999
- Passed HouseSep 27, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 19, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 21, 1999
- Became lawOct 28, 1999
Latest action: Oct 28, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-84.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2841.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2841, An act to amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for greater fiscal autonomy consistent with other United States jurisdictions, and for other purposes” on September 28, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House on September 27, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 28, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11838
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2841, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2841
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a2eda36c2b220b2dd1979039d87e4e09e89fe3acf6f481f8c853f745edf27270
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2841, An act to amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to provide for greater fiscal autonomy consistent with other United States jurisdictions, and for other purposes” on October 22, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 9, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 22, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11932
- CBO publication date
- October 22, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2841, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2841
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a2eda36c2b220b2dd1979039d87e4e09e89fe3acf6f481f8c853f745edf27270
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. 106-337 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on September 27, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 27, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/337
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2841, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2841
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a2eda36c2b220b2dd1979039d87e4e09e89fe3acf6f481f8c853f745edf27270
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2841, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.