House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 2000
- Committee actionFeb 16, 2000
- Passed HouseApr 13, 2000 · 375–37
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 2, 2000 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 525.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3615.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3615, Rural Local Broadcast Signal Act” on March 1, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on February 16, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 1, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12115
- CBO publication date
- March 1, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3615, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3615
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ea1ebc49a1ce3576c7074c0683117cf00537f1aa28ec0c375589ed94af489514
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3615, Rural Local Broadcast Signal Act” on April 6, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on March 29, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 6, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12196
- CBO publication date
- April 6, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3615, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3615
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ea1ebc49a1ce3576c7074c0683117cf00537f1aa28ec0c375589ed94af489514
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: H. Rept. 106-508,Part 2 ↗; H. Rept. 106-508,Part 1 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 6, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/508
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/508 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3615, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3615
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ea1ebc49a1ce3576c7074c0683117cf00537f1aa28ec0c375589ed94af489514
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3615, last updated April 7, 2025. 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
123 cosponsors — 89 Republicans, 34 Democrats
35 of 123 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Charles Bass (R-NH), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Marion Berry (D-AR), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Charles Canady (R-FL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Howard Coble (R-NC), Mac Collins (R-GA), John Cooksey (R-LA), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and 93 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3125 (106th) Internet Gambling Prohibition Act of 2000
- H.R. 792 (106th) National Right-to-Work Act
- H.R. 982 (106th) Keep Drug Needles Off the Streets Act
- H.R. 2709 (106th) Electronic Benefit Transfer Interoperability and Portability 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.