House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-394
Federal Employees Health Benefits Children's Equity Act of 2000
Became law on Oct 30, 2000.
Sponsor: Rep. Elijah Cummings D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 13, 1999
- Committee actionMar 30, 2000
- Passed HouseSep 19, 2000 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 13, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 19, 2000
- Became lawOct 30, 2000
Latest action: Oct 30, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-394.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2842.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2842, Federal Employees Health Benefits Children's Equity Act of 2000” on May 16, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on March 30, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 16, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12306
- CBO publication date
- May 16, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2842, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2842
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f242a886fd6d025ba6da7c6984c47e2d665b680342e2c5291d435feff20d4f09
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2842, Federal Employees Health Benefits Children's Equity Act of 2000” on November 6, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 13, 2000, and signed by the President on October 20, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 6, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12912
- CBO publication date
- November 6, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2842, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2842
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f242a886fd6d025ba6da7c6984c47e2d665b680342e2c5291d435feff20d4f09
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. 106-779 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 24, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 24, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/779
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2842, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2842
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f242a886fd6d025ba6da7c6984c47e2d665b680342e2c5291d435feff20d4f09
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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
10 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 9 Democrats
1 of 10 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Thomas Allen (D-ME), Howard Berman (D-CA), Martin Frost (D-TX), John LaFalce (D-NY), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Constance Morella (R-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Major Owens (D-NY), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Pete Stark (D-CA).
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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.