House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communication services.
Sponsor: Rep. Rob Portman R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 14, 2000
- Committee actionMay 17, 2000
- Passed HouseMay 25, 2000 · 420–2
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 5, 2000 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 662.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3916.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3916, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communication services.” on May 18, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 17, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 18, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12296
- CBO publication date
- May 18, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3916, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3916
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1b654000d381e8247808e76c8e58e31e541b86d024f64d60399b0691e01dab37
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3916, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communication services” on June 16, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on June 14, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12347
- CBO publication date
- June 16, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3916, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3916
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1b654000d381e8247808e76c8e58e31e541b86d024f64d60399b0691e01dab37
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: S. Rept. 106-328 ↗; H. Rept. 106-631 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 5, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/328
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/631 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3916, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3916
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1b654000d381e8247808e76c8e58e31e541b86d024f64d60399b0691e01dab37
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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
167 cosponsors — 109 Republicans, 58 Democrats
59 of 167 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.
Dick Armey (R-TX), Richard Baker (R-LA), Bob Barr (R-GA), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Lois Capps (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Mac Collins (R-GA), Gary Condit (D-CA), Christopher Cox (R-CA), William Coyne (D-PA), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Philip Crane (R-IL), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Randy Cunningham (R-CA) and 137 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rob Portman.
- H.R. 1102 (106th) Retirement Security and Savings Act of 2000
- H.R. 2919 (106th) National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Act
- H.R. 409 (106th) Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999
- H.Con.Res. 184 (106th) Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of "family friendly" programming on television.
- H.Res. 249 (106th) Returning to the Senate the bill S. 254.
- H.R. 2308 (106th) New Millennium Classrooms 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.