House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
PRIME Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 19, 1999
- Committee actionMay 26, 1999
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 2, 1999 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 126.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 413.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 413, Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs Act of 1999 (PRIME Act)” on June 10, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services on May 26, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 10, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11659
- CBO publication date
- June 10, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 413, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/413
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 106-184,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 106-184,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 2, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/184
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/184 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 413, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/413
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
284d5b4b3c54641bfcda5d8951fc87aac2467f926bae1edda8ec5636fa11d0c2
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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
109 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 88 Democrats
20 of 109 cosponsors (18%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), John Baldacci (D-ME), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), George Brown (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Michael Castle (R-DE), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Eva Clayton (D-NC), Bob Clement (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Danny Davis (D-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Julian Dixon (D-CA) and 79 more.
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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.