House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Act
Sponsor: Rep. Rob Portman R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 22, 1999
- Committee actionJun 20, 2000
- Passed HouseJul 25, 2000 · 404–11
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 29, 2000 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 890.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2919.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2919, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Act” on June 28, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on June 20, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 28, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12397
- CBO publication date
- June 28, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2919, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2919
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a5234aa349ebd4b8d4d08e1353257bb3a4a22fbca508c66812bf5de1dfe4d863
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2919, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Act” on September 25, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 20,2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 25, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12761
- CBO publication date
- September 25, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2919, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2919
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a5234aa349ebd4b8d4d08e1353257bb3a4a22fbca508c66812bf5de1dfe4d863
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. 106-445 ↗; H. Rept. 106-741 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 29, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/445
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/741 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2919, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2919
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a5234aa349ebd4b8d4d08e1353257bb3a4a22fbca508c66812bf5de1dfe4d863
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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
21 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 21 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
John Boehner (R-OH), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Donna Christensen (D-VI), James Clyburn (D-SC), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Baron Hill (D-IN), David Hobson (R-OH), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ken Lucas (D-KY), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Ralph Regula (R-OH), Tom Sawyer (D-OH), Don Sherwood (R-PA), Mark Souder (R-IN), Ted Strickland (D-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rob Portman.
- H.R. 1102 (106th) Retirement Security and Savings Act of 2000
- H.R. 3916 (106th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communication services.
- H.R. 409 (106th) Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999
- H.Con.Res. 184 (106th) Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of "family friendly" programming on television.
- H.Res. 249 (106th) Returning to the Senate the bill S. 254.
- H.R. 2308 (106th) New Millennium Classrooms Act
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.