House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 8, 2000
- Committee actionMar 14, 2000
- Passed HouseMar 15, 2000 · 410–11
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 20, 2000 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3843.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3843, Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000” on April 3, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on March 15, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 3, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12169
- CBO publication date
- April 3, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3843, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3843
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6fc3477bb10f6055d33c1e3147d8c698e99e4bbf5714c2388b0dd18c414f46b3
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. 106-522 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on March 14, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 14, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/522
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3843, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3843
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6fc3477bb10f6055d33c1e3147d8c698e99e4bbf5714c2388b0dd18c414f46b3
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3843, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
17 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 12 Democrats
12 of 17 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Brian Baird (D-WA), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Danny Davis (D-IL), Phil English (R-PA), Rick Hill (R-MT), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Dennis Moore (D-KS), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), David Phelps (D-IL), John Sweeney (R-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Talent.
- H.R. 1568 (106th) Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999
- H.R. 68 (106th) Small Business Investment Improvement Act of 1999
- H.R. 440 (106th) Microloan Program Technical Corrections Act of 1999
- H.R. 2614 (106th) Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act of 2000
- H.R. 2615 (106th) To amend the Small Business Act to make improvements to the general business loan program, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 439 (106th) Paperwork Elimination 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.