House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-38

National Missile Defense Act of 1999

H.R. 4Introduced Feb 4, 1999Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Became law on Jul 22, 1999.

Sponsor: Rep. Curt Weldon R-PA

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 4, 1999
Committee actionFeb 25, 1999
Passed HouseMar 18, 1999 · 317–105
Passed SenateMay 18, 1999 · by unanimous consent
Resolving differencesMay 20, 1999
To the PresidentJul 12, 1999
Became lawJul 22, 1999

Latest action: Jul 22, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-38.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4, A bill to declare it to be the policy of the United States to deploy a national missile defense” on February 25, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on February 25, 1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 25, 1999 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11374
CBO publication date
February 25, 1999
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4, 106th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4
Record last updated by Congress.gov
June 6, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-39 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on March 3, 1999.
Source: Congress.gov, reported March 3, 1999 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4, 106th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
June 6, 2025
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4, last updated June 6, 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

97 cosponsors — 69 Republicans, 28 Democrats

30 of 97 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Dick Armey (R-TX), Bob Barr (R-GA), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Marion Berry (D-AR), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Gary Condit (D-CA), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Tom DeLay (R-TX), James DeMint (R-SC), Jay Dickey (R-AR), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Chet Edwards (D-TX), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Phil English (R-PA), Terry Everett (R-AL) and 67 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Curt Weldon.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-7 district

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