House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act

H.R. 3485Introduced Nov 18, 1999Policy area: Law

Where it went

IntroducedNov 18, 1999
Committee actionJun 21, 2000
Passed HouseJul 25, 2000 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 26, 2000 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 715.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3485.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3485, Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act” on July 7, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 21, 2000”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 7, 2000 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12445
CBO publication date
July 7, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3485, 106th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 106-733 ↗; H. Rept. 106-733,Part 2 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 18, 2000.
Source: Congress.gov, reported July 18, 2000 ↗
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/733
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3485, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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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

31 cosponsors — 17 Republicans, 14 Democrats

14 of 31 cosponsors (45%) are from the other party.

Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Charles Canady (R-FL), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Mark Foley (R-FL), Barney Frank (D-MA), Bob Franks (R-NJ), Martin Frost (D-TX), George Gekas (R-PA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Steve Horn (R-CA), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), James Maloney (D-CT), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Carrie Meek (D-FL), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), James Rogan (R-CA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), H. Saxton (R-NJ), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Christopher Smith (R-NJ) and 1 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill McCollum.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-8 district

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