House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-545

ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000

H.R. 4281Introduced Apr 13, 2000Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Became law on Dec 19, 2000.

Sponsor: Rep. Ken Calvert R-CA

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 13, 2000
Committee actionOct 5, 2000
Passed HouseOct 17, 2000 · by voice vote
Passed SenateDec 6, 2000 · by unanimous consent
To the PresidentDec 8, 2000
Became lawDec 19, 2000

Latest action: Dec 19, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-545.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4281.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4281, ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000” on October 13, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on October 5, 2000”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 13, 2000 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12822
CBO publication date
October 13, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4281, 106th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
June 3, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-980 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 16, 2000.
Source: Congress.gov, reported October 16, 2000 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 4281, 106th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
June 3, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
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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

73 cosponsors — 32 Republicans, 41 Democrats

42 of 73 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Howard Berman (D-CA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), David Bonior (D-MI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Peter Deutsch (D-FL), Julian Dixon (D-CA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Phil English (R-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Barney Frank (D-MA), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY) and 43 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ken Calvert.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-43 district

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