House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-365
To provide for the placement at the Lincoln Memorial of a plaque commemorating the speech of Martin Luther King, Jr., known as the "I Have A Dream" speech.
Became law on Oct 27, 2000.
Sponsor: Rep. Anne Northup R-KYWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 15, 1999
- Committee actionOct 27, 1999
- Passed HouseNov 9, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 5, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesOct 10, 2000
- To the PresidentOct 19, 2000
- Became lawOct 27, 2000
Latest action: Oct 27, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-365.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2879.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2879, A bill to provide for the placement at the Lincoln Memorial of a plaque commemorating the speech of Martin Luther King Jr. known as the "I Have a Dream" speech” on November 2, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 27, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 2, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11956
- CBO publication date
- November 2, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2879, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2879
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f6665c379ded00dff9f47443f44b8295cd7bfde69fb9d0b44061f72b276595b2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2879, An act to provide for the placement at the Lincoln Memorial of a plaque commemorating the speech of Martin Luther King Jr., know as the "I Have a Dream" speech” on June 9, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 7, 20000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 9, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12337
- CBO publication date
- June 9, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2879, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2879
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f6665c379ded00dff9f47443f44b8295cd7bfde69fb9d0b44061f72b276595b2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2879, An act to provide for the placement at the Lincoln Memorial of a plaque commemorating the speech of Martin Luther King Jr., known as the "I Have a Dream" speech” on October 12, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 10, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 12, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12817
- CBO publication date
- October 12, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2879, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2879
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f6665c379ded00dff9f47443f44b8295cd7bfde69fb9d0b44061f72b276595b2
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 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 106-334 ↗; H. Rept. 106-448 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 10, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/334
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/448 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2879, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2879
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f6665c379ded00dff9f47443f44b8295cd7bfde69fb9d0b44061f72b276595b2
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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
56 cosponsors — 34 Republicans, 22 Democrats
22 of 56 cosponsors (39%) are from the other party.
Dick Armey (R-TX), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Robert Brady (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Julia Carson (D-IN), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Jay Dickey (R-AR), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Ernest Fletcher (R-KY), Mark Foley (R-FL), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), James Greenwood (R-PA), Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), J. Hastert (R-IL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Earl Hilliard (D-AL), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Amo Houghton (R-NY), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), Rick Lazio (R-NY) and 26 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Anne Northup.
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.