House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Small Business Competition Preservation Act of 2000
Sponsor: Rep. Jim Talent R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2000
- Committee actionJul 27, 2000
- Passed HouseSep 20, 2000 · 422–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 2000 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4945.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4945, Small Business Competition Preservation Act of 2000” on September 8, 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 8, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12628
- CBO publication date
- September 8, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4945, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4945
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-858 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on September 18, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 18, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/858
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4945, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/4945
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
faf5d05333a6258872e85b26a922340a0871f4711dcad1fa0817d11bef4fdd44
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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
9 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 9 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Danny Davis (D-IL), Phil English (R-PA), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA), John Sweeney (R-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Albert Wynn (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim Talent.
- H.R. 1568 (106th) Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999
- H.R. 68 (106th) Small Business Investment Improvement Act of 1999
- H.R. 440 (106th) Microloan Program Technical Corrections Act of 1999
- H.R. 2614 (106th) Certified Development Company Program Improvements Act of 2000
- H.R. 2615 (106th) To amend the Small Business Act to make improvements to the general business loan program, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3843 (106th) Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000
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.