House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Independent Telecommunications Consumer Enhancement Act of 2000

H.R. 3850Introduced Mar 8, 2000Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor: Rep. Barbara Cubin R-WY

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 8, 2000
Committee actionSep 14, 2000
Passed HouseOct 3, 2000 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 4, 2000 — Received in the Senate.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3850.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3850, Independent Telecommunications Consumer Enhancement Act of 2000” on October 4, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on September 14, 2000”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 4, 2000 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12766
CBO publication date
October 4, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3850, 106th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3850
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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3829630616bb9621928f6f10767a90a345da018861f5b6d5ca8f015b95fc1499
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-926 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 3, 2000.
Source: Congress.gov, reported October 3, 2000 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 3850, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3850
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3829630616bb9621928f6f10767a90a345da018861f5b6d5ca8f015b95fc1499
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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

33 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 14 Democrats

14 of 33 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.

Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Marion Berry (D-AR), John Boehner (R-OH), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Richard Burr (R-NC), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Bob Clement (D-TN), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Jay Dickey (R-AR), John Doolittle (R-CA), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Mark Green (R-WI), Van Hilleary (R-TN), Asa Hutchinson (R-AR), Ron Kind (D-WI), Gerald Kleczka (D-WI), Ron Klink (D-PA), Steve Largent (R-OK), Ken Lucas (D-KY), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Tom Petri (R-WI), Charles Pickering (R-MS), Rob Portman (R-OH), Paul Ryan (R-WI), Tom Sawyer (D-OH) and 3 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Barbara Cubin.

Sponsor’s state and district

Wyoming in Congress · WY at-large district

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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.