House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Government Waste, Fraud, and Error Reduction Act of 1999
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Horn R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 1999
- Committee actionFeb 3, 1999
- Passed HouseFeb 24, 1999 · 419–1
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 25, 1999 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 436.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 436, Government Waste, Fraud, and Error Reduction Act of 1999” on February 5, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on February 3, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 5, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11350
- CBO publication date
- February 5, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 436, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/436
- 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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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. 106-9 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on February 5, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 5, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/9
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 436, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/436
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bb5cb363d04ec87fd4a0f8d3b503f65936421fbd269abf8df627b1c3e8d3ecbd
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 436, last updated April 7, 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Judy Biggert (R-IL), Pat Danner (D-MO), Jim Davis (D-FL), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Henry Waxman (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Horn.
- H.R. 4827 (106th) Enhanced Federal Security Act of 2000
- H.R. 4110 (106th) To amend title 44, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for…
- H.R. 2886 (106th) To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an adopted alien who is less than 18 years of age may be considered a child…
- H.R. 4931 (106th) Presidential Transition Act of 2000
- H.R. 437 (106th) Presidential and Executive Office Financial Accountability Act of 1999
- H.R. 2885 (106th) Statistical Efficiency Act of 1999
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.