House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to provide for training of individuals a President-elect intends to nominate as department heads or appoint to key positions in the Executive Office of the President.
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Horn R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 25, 1999
- Committee actionOct 28, 1999
- Passed HouseNov 2, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 19, 1999 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3137.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3137, A bill to amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to provide for training of individuals a President-elect intends to nominate as department heads or appoint to key positions in the Executive Office of the President” on October 29, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on October 28, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 29, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11948
- CBO publication date
- October 29, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3137, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3137
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-432 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on November 2, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 2, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/432
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3137, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3137
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3137, last updated March 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
3 of 4 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Judy Biggert (R-IL), Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jim Turner (D-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Horn.
- H.R. 4827 (106th) Enhanced Federal Security Act of 2000
- H.R. 4110 (106th) To amend title 44, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for…
- H.R. 2886 (106th) To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an adopted alien who is less than 18 years of age may be considered a child…
- H.R. 4931 (106th) Presidential Transition Act of 2000
- H.R. 437 (106th) Presidential and Executive Office Financial Accountability Act of 1999
- H.R. 2885 (106th) Statistical Efficiency Act of 1999
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.