Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1999

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 417.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 417, Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1999” on August 4, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on House Administration on August 2, 1999”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 4, 1999 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11756

  CBO publication date

  August 4, 1999

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 417, 106th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/417

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f134a28e6c957e71aeda066f5e8c92969d92389ece693cfaafd84525b7df51c9

• 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. 106-297 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on August 5, 1999.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 5, 1999 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/297

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 417, 106th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/417

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f134a28e6c957e71aeda066f5e8c92969d92389ece693cfaafd84525b7df51c9

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Congress.gov noteOn 4/14/1999, a motion was filed to discharge the Rules Committee from consideration of H.Res.122 a resolution providing for the consideration of H.R.417. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures for further action. (Discharge Petition No. 106-1: text with signatures.) On 4/20/1999, a motion was filed to discharge the Rules Committee from consideration of H.Res.126 a resolution providing for the consideration of H.R.417. (Discharge Petition No. 106-2: text with signatures.)
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 417, 106th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/417

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 28, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f134a28e6c957e71aeda066f5e8c92969d92389ece693cfaafd84525b7df51c9

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 417, last updated March 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.