House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-554
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 1, 2000
- Committee actionJun 1, 2000
- Passed HouseJun 14, 2000 · 217–214
- Passed SenateJun 30, 2000 · 52–43
- Resolving differencesJul 25, 2000
- To the PresidentDec 15, 2000
- Became lawDec 21, 2000
Latest action: Dec 21, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-554.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4577.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4577, The Medicare Outpatient Drug Act of 2000” on August 31, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as printed in the Congressional Record of June 22, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 31, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12619
- CBO publication date
- August 31, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4577, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4577
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec29424b79e6b28538a2ea87ef38b5eac1e71707cf8c60b344d1600316e5577e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4577, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001” on December 28, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 15, 2000, and signed by the President on December 21, 2000, as Public Law 106-554”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 28, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12949
- CBO publication date
- December 28, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4577, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4577
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec29424b79e6b28538a2ea87ef38b5eac1e71707cf8c60b344d1600316e5577e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4577, Estimated Budgetary Effects of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000” on April 25, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 4577; Public Law 106-554)”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 25, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13029
- CBO publication date
- April 25, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4577, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4577
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec29424b79e6b28538a2ea87ef38b5eac1e71707cf8c60b344d1600316e5577e
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: H. Rept. 106-645 ↗; H. Rept. 106-1033 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/645
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/1033 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4577, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4577
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec29424b79e6b28538a2ea87ef38b5eac1e71707cf8c60b344d1600316e5577e
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.
- Congress.gov noteH.R. 4577, the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2001, incorporated in its conference report the provisions of several bills by reference. This included H.R. 5656 - Labor HHS Education Appropriations; H.R. 5657 - Legislative Branch Appropriations; H.R. 5658 - Treasury Appropriations; H.R. 5666 - Miscellaneous Appropriations - except section 123 relating to the enactment of H.R. 4904; H.R. 5660 - Commodity Futures Modernization; H.R. 5661 - Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection; H.R. 5662 - Community Renewal Tax Relief and Medical Savings Accounts; H.R. 5663 - New Markets Venture Capital Program; and H.R. 5667 - Small Business Reauthorization.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4577, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4577
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec29424b79e6b28538a2ea87ef38b5eac1e71707cf8c60b344d1600316e5577e
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4577, 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
No cosponsors.
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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.