House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Noncommercial Broadcasting Freedom of Expression Act of 2000

H.R. 4201Introduced Apr 6, 2000Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor: Rep. Charles Pickering R-MS

Where it went

IntroducedApr 6, 2000
Committee actionMay 17, 2000
Passed HouseJun 20, 2000 · 264–159
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 5, 2000 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 779.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4201.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4201, Noncommercial Broadcasting Freedom of Expression Act of 2000” on May 25, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on May 17, 2000”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 25, 2000 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12300
CBO publication date
May 25, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4201, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4201
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-662 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 9, 2000.
Source: Congress.gov, reported June 9, 2000 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4201, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4201
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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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 — 32 Republicans, 1 Democrat

2 of 33 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.

Dick Armey (R-TX), Richard Baker (R-LA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Richard Burr (R-NC), H. Callahan (R-AL), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Jay Dickey (R-AR), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Mark Green (R-WI), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Walter Jones (R-NC), Steve Largent (R-OK), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), James Rogan (R-CA), John Shimkus (R-IL), Ronnie Shows (D-MS), Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Thomas Tancredo (R-CO), W. Tauzin (R-LA) and 3 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Pickering.

Sponsor’s state and district

Mississippi in Congress · MS-3 district

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