House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 1999
- Committee actionFeb 3, 1999
- Passed HouseFeb 9, 1999 · 413–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 22, 1999 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 439.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 439, Paperwork Elimination Act of 1999” on February 4, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on February 3, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 4, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11343
- CBO publication date
- February 4, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 439, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/439
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
69765f146ca3bf24df24122b9f1727d239a7dbf1bdf17899e351aada183f8eab
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. 106-11 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on February 8, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 8, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/11
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 439, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/439
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
69765f146ca3bf24df24122b9f1727d239a7dbf1bdf17899e351aada183f8eab
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 439, last updated August 20, 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
10 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 10 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Phil English (R-PA), Rick Hill (R-MT), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Norman Sisisky (D-VA), John Sweeney (R-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Talent.
- H.R. 1568 (106th) Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999
- H.R. 68 (106th) Small Business Investment Improvement Act of 1999
- H.R. 440 (106th) Microloan Program Technical Corrections Act of 1999
- H.R. 2614 (106th) Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act of 2000
- H.R. 2615 (106th) To amend the Small Business Act to make improvements to the general business loan program, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3843 (106th) Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000
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.