House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-546
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 12, 2000
- Committee actionJul 26, 2000
- Passed HouseOct 2, 2000 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateDec 6, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesDec 7, 2000
- To the PresidentDec 8, 2000
- Became lawDec 19, 2000
Latest action: Dec 19, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-546.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4640.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4640, DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000” on September 19, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 26, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12656
- CBO publication date
- September 19, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4640, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4640
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4640, DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000” on December 15, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on December 7, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 15, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12936
- CBO publication date
- December 15, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4640, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4640
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 106-900 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 26, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 26, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/900
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4640, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4640
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 4640, last updated June 6, 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
10 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 10 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Mark Green (R-WI), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Steven Rothman (D-NJ), Robert Scott (D-VA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Bart Stupak (D-MI), Anthony Weiner (D-NY).
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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.