House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-175
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to John Cardinal O'Connor, Archbishop of New York, in recognition of his accomplishments as a priest, a chaplain, and a humanitarian.
Became law on Mar 5, 2000.
Sponsor: Rep. Vito Fossella R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2000
- Committee actionMar 1, 2000
- Passed HouseFeb 15, 2000 · 413–1
- Passed SenateMar 1, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentMar 2, 2000
- Became lawMar 5, 2000
Latest action: Mar 5, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-175.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3557.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3557, An act to authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to John Cardinal O'Connor, Archbishop of New York, in recognition of his accomplishments as a priest, a chaplain, and a humanitarian” on March 7, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on March 2, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 7, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12118
- CBO publication date
- March 7, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3557, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3557
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
85 cosponsors — 55 Republicans, 30 Democrats
30 of 85 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Dick Armey (R-TX), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Dave Camp (R-MI), Julia Carson (D-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Jerry Costello (D-IL), William Coyne (D-PA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Tom DeLay (R-TX), James DeMint (R-SC), Jay Dickey (R-AR), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Tillie Fowler (R-FL), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Bill Goodling (R-PA) and 55 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vito Fossella.
- H.R. 592 (106th) To redesignate Great Kills Park in the Gateway National Recreation Area as "World War II Veterans Park at Great Kills".
- H.Con.Res. 180 (106th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should not have granted clemency to terrorists.
- H.Con.Res. 317 (106th) Expressing the sense of the Congress on the death of John Cardinal O'Connor, Archbishop of New York.
- H.R. 1256 (106th) Savings and Investment Relief Act of 1999
- H.R. 330 (106th) Economic Growth and Tax Freedom Act
- H.R. 789 (106th) Irwin Rutman Retired Public Safety Officers Death Benefits 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.