House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-253
Semipostal Authorization Act
Became law on Jul 28, 2000.
Sponsor: Rep. John McHugh R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 2000
- Committee actionJul 17, 2000
- Passed HouseJul 17, 2000 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 26, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentJul 27, 2000
- Became lawJul 28, 2000
Latest action: Jul 28, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-253.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4437.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4437, Semipostal Authorization Act” on July 12, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on June 29, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 12, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12467
- CBO publication date
- July 12, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4437, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4437
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7bc251a6b1af612bcb7e52c4329b8b7cb4188001bf2da19837fc35d128d16b2b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4437, Semipostal Authorization Act” on August 4, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on July 26, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 4, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12557
- CBO publication date
- August 4, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4437, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4437
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7bc251a6b1af612bcb7e52c4329b8b7cb4188001bf2da19837fc35d128d16b2b
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. 106-734 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on July 17, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 17, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/734
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4437, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4437
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7bc251a6b1af612bcb7e52c4329b8b7cb4188001bf2da19837fc35d128d16b2b
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. 4437, last updated June 3, 2026. 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.