House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
To provide a national medal for public safety officers who act with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty, to enhance computer crime enforcement and Internet security, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Bill McCollum R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 1999
- Committee actionMar 24, 1999
- Passed HouseApr 13, 1999 · 412–2
- Passed SenateDec 15, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 15, 2000 — Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 46.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 46, Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 1999” on March 26, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 24, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 26, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11461
- CBO publication date
- March 26, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 46, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/46
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-83 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 12, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 12, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/83
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 46, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/46
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3fdb1520646df21bea95d48115d285b19c6f9159509f826456cca6a079478afd
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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
16 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 16 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Bob Barr (R-GA), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), John Conyers (D-MI), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), George Gekas (R-PA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Asa Hutchinson (R-AR), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Tom Latham (R-IA), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), George Nethercutt (R-WA), Robert Scott (D-VA), Curt Weldon (R-PA), Robert Wexler (D-FL).
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- H.R. 3485 (106th) Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act
- H.R. 3484 (106th) Child Sex Crimes Wiretapping Act of 2000
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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.