House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Equity in Contracting for Women Act of 2000
Sponsor: Rep. Nydia Velázquez D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 19, 2000
- Committee actionJul 27, 2000
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 2000 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 530.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4897.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4897, Equity in Contracting for Women Act of 2000” on September 18, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on July 27, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 18, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12770
- CBO publication date
- September 18, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4897, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4897
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9823cbb4311354049ce2f372e4d135a4dbfd7874edf33fb0e849032797138cd9
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-879 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on September 21, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 21, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/879
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4897, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4897
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9823cbb4311354049ce2f372e4d135a4dbfd7874edf33fb0e849032797138cd9
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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
26 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 22 Democrats
4 of 26 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.
Brian Baird (D-WA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Robert Brady (D-PA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Danny Davis (D-IL), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA), Dennis Moore (D-KS), Constance Morella (R-MD), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Mark Udall (D-CO), Tom Udall (D-NM), Albert Wynn (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nydia Velázquez.
- H.R. 774 (106th) Women's Business Center Amendments Act of 1999
- H.R. 4530 (106th) New Markets Venture Capital Program Act of 2000
- H.R. 4890 (106th) Small Business Contract Equity Act of 2000
- H.R. 2334 (106th) Access to Contract Equity Act
- H.R. 4983 (106th) Access to Capital for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 2000
- H.R. 4939 (106th) Community Environmental Equity Act
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.