House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999
Sponsor: Rep. John Shimkus R-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 1999
- Committee actionFeb 11, 1999
- Passed HouseFeb 24, 1999 · 415–2
- 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 Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 438.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 438, Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999” on February 23, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on February 11, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 23, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11373
- CBO publication date
- February 23, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 438, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/438
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9a36895ecc915875fb8be3b979d979fa3ed5125bb733c50ba26825967430dce9
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-25 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on February 23, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 23, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/25
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 438, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/438
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9a36895ecc915875fb8be3b979d979fa3ed5125bb733c50ba26825967430dce9
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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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Roy Blunt (R-MO), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Tom Sawyer (D-OH), W. Tauzin (R-LA), Heather Wilson (R-NM).
More from the sponsor
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- H.Con.Res. 21 (106th) Recommending the integration of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
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.