House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-182
Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 2000
Became law on Apr 7, 2000.
Sponsor: Rep. Sam Johnson R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 1, 1999
- Committee actionFeb 29, 2000
- Passed HouseMar 1, 2000 · 422–0
- Passed SenateMar 22, 2000 · 100–0
- Resolving differencesMar 28, 2000
- To the PresidentMar 29, 2000
- Became lawApr 7, 2000
Latest action: Apr 7, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-182.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5, Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 2000” on March 1, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on February 29,2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 1, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12106
- CBO publication date
- March 1, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/5
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
da40f02c4434d8921789926f11d6403af0911b3e86a4c76464ccbe795804c415
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5, Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 2000” on April 6, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on March 28, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 6, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12184
- CBO publication date
- April 6, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/5
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
da40f02c4434d8921789926f11d6403af0911b3e86a4c76464ccbe795804c415
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. 106-507 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on March 1, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 1, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/507
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/5
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
da40f02c4434d8921789926f11d6403af0911b3e86a4c76464ccbe795804c415
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. 5, last updated April 7, 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
204 cosponsors — 153 Republicans, 51 Democrats
51 of 204 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Bill Archer (R-TX), Dick Armey (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Richard Baker (R-LA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Bob Barr (R-GA), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Marion Berry (D-AR), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Ben Cardin (D-MD) and 174 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Sam Johnson.
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- H.J.Res. 27 (106th) Providing for the reappointment of Dr. Hanna H. Gray as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
- H.J.Res. 28 (106th) Providing for the reappointment of Wesley S. Williams, Jr. as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
- H.Con.Res. 102 (106th) Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and recognizing the humanitarian safeguards these treaties provide in…
- H.R. 796 (106th) Defense Jobs and Trade Promotion 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.