House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Community Broadcasters Protection Act of 1999

H.R. 486Introduced Feb 2, 1999Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor: Rep. Charles Norwood R-GA

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 2, 1999
Committee actionAug 5, 1999
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 14, 1999 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 219.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 486.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 486, Community Broadcasters Protection Act of 1999” on September 1, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on August 5, 1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 1, 1999 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11802
CBO publication date
September 1, 1999
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 486, 106th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/486
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-384 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 14, 1999.
Source: Congress.gov, reported October 14, 1999 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 486, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/486
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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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

99 cosponsors — 49 Republicans, 50 Democrats

49 of 99 cosponsors (49%) are from the other party.

Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Richard Burr (R-NC), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Julia Carson (D-IN), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Bob Clement (D-TN), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Gary Condit (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), John Cooksey (R-LA), William Coyne (D-PA), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Jim Davis (D-FL), James DeMint (R-SC), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Jay Dickey (R-AR), Cal Dooley (D-CA), John Duncan (R-TN), Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and 69 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Norwood.

Sponsor’s state and district

Georgia in Congress · GA-10 district

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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.