House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 8, 2000
- Committee actionJun 8, 2000
- Passed HouseJun 20, 2000 · 419–5
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 22, 2000 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 626.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4601.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4601, Debt Reduction Reconciliation Act of 2000” on June 12, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 8, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 12, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12354
- CBO publication date
- June 12, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4601, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4601
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
466a060e56d490b3d7ae83d28fb80d9e5ef1fb49bcba3f90913ab0ef4679d921
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. 106-673 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on June 13, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 13, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/673
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4601, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4601
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
466a060e56d490b3d7ae83d28fb80d9e5ef1fb49bcba3f90913ab0ef4679d921
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4601, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
24 cosponsors — 24 Republicans
0 of 24 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Bill Archer (R-TX), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Dave Camp (R-MI), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Philip Crane (R-IL), James DeMint (R-SC), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Phil English (R-PA), Mark Green (R-WI), J. Hayworth (R-AZ), Wally Herger (R-CA), Sam Johnson (R-TX), John Kasich (R-OH), Steven Kuykendall (R-CA), Ron Lewis (R-KY), Scott McInnis (R-CO), Gary Miller (R-CA), Anne Northup (R-KY), Jim Nussle (R-IA), Rob Portman (R-OH), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), E. Shaw (R-FL), Patrick Toomey (R-PA), Gerald Weller (R-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ernest Fletcher.
- H.R. 5173 (106th) Debt Relief Lock-box Reconciliation Act for Fiscal Year 2001
- H.R. 4866 (106th) Debt Relief Reconciliation Act for Fiscal Year 2001
- H.R. 2748 (106th) Tobacco Farmers' Relief Act
- H.R. 5382 (106th) Tobacco Export Marketing Enhancement Act
- H.R. 5381 (106th) Tobacco Farmers Trade Fairness Act
- H.R. 2275 (106th) Ensuring Physician Choice Act of 1999
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.