House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2000
Sponsor: Rep. Bud Shuster R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 13, 2000
- Committee actionJul 19, 2000
- Passed HouseSep 7, 2000 · 391–25
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 3, 2000 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 924.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4844.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4844, Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2000” on September 11, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on September 7, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 11, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12635
- CBO publication date
- September 11, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4844, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4844
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e382f10df4d4e5a8076df8cc72d3a77456eadb8d0f9e6df1ec5240ec66437d5
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4844, Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2000” on October 2, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on September 28, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 2, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12740
- CBO publication date
- October 2, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4844, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4844
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e382f10df4d4e5a8076df8cc72d3a77456eadb8d0f9e6df1ec5240ec66437d5
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 3 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 106-777,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 106-777,Part 2 ↗; S. Rept. 106-475 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 3, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/777
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/777
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/475 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4844, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4844
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6e382f10df4d4e5a8076df8cc72d3a77456eadb8d0f9e6df1ec5240ec66437d5
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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
305 cosponsors — 136 Republicans, 168 Democrats, 1 independent
171 of 305 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Bill Archer (R-TX), Joe Baca (D-CA), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Richard Baker (R-LA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX) and 275 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bud Shuster.
- H.R. 1000 (106th) Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century
- H.R. 2724 (106th) To make technical corrections to the Water Resources Development Act of 1999.
- H.R. 3036 (106th) To provide for interim continuation of administration of motor carrier functions by the Federal Highway Administration.
- H.R. 3419 (106th) Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999
- H.Con.Res. 187 (106th) Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the European Council noise rule affecting hushkitted and reengined aircraft.
- H.R. 99 (106th) Airport Improvement Program Short-Term Extension 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.