House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-56
Organ Donor Leave Act
Became law on Sep 24, 1999.
Sponsor: Rep. Elijah Cummings D-MDWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 2, 1999
- Committee actionMay 19, 1999
- Passed HouseJul 26, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 8, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentSep 24, 1999
- Became lawSep 24, 1999
Latest action: Sep 24, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-56.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 457.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 457, Organ Donor Leave Act” on May 24, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on May 19, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 24, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11619
- CBO publication date
- May 24, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 457, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/457
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
584a359f8341f7fc06765ada1d2cd34ba3295864dc31369b973f84e34de5e723
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 457, Organ Donor Leave Act” on August 5, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on August 3, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 5, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11770
- CBO publication date
- August 5, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 457, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/457
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
584a359f8341f7fc06765ada1d2cd34ba3295864dc31369b973f84e34de5e723
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 106-143 ↗; H. Rept. 106-174 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 27, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/143
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/174 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 457, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/457
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
584a359f8341f7fc06765ada1d2cd34ba3295864dc31369b973f84e34de5e723
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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
24 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 23 Democrats
1 of 24 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.
Brian Baird (D-WA), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), James Clyburn (D-SC), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Harold Ford (D-TN), Martin Frost (D-TX), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Gerald Kleczka (D-WI), William Luther (D-MN), Joe Moakley (D-MA), Constance Morella (R-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Lynn Rivers (D-MI), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Robert Underwood (D-GU), Melvin Watt (D-NC), Albert Wynn (D-MD).
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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.