House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-406
International Patient Act of 2000
Became law on Nov 1, 2000.
Sponsor: Rep. Ken Bentsen D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 28, 1999
- Committee actionOct 5, 1999
- Passed HouseJul 18, 2000 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 19, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 24, 2000
- Became lawNov 1, 2000
Latest action: Nov 1, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-406.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2961.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2961, International Patient Act of 1999” on October 18, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on October 5, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 18, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11923
- CBO publication date
- October 18, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2961, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2961
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
38be3298a703a259a2d9c4cc97b7338abecf802037a9e36f64e0e77e755b3870
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2961, International Patient Act of 2000” on November 8, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 19, 2000, and signed by the President on November 1, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 8, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12916
- CBO publication date
- November 8, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2961, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2961
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
38be3298a703a259a2d9c4cc97b7338abecf802037a9e36f64e0e77e755b3870
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. 106-721 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 11, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 11, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/721
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2961, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/2961
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
38be3298a703a259a2d9c4cc97b7338abecf802037a9e36f64e0e77e755b3870
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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
11 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 6 Democrats
5 of 11 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.
Bill Archer (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Barney Frank (D-MA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Nick Lampson (D-TX), Constance Morella (R-MD), Anne Northup (R-KY), Silvestre Reyes (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1298 (106th) Medicaid Child Eligibility Improvement Act of 1999
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- H.Con.Res. 329 (106th) Urging the detention and extradition to the United States by the appropriate foreign governments of Mohammed Abbas for the murder of Leon…
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.