House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-379
Work Made for Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000
Became law on Oct 27, 2000.
Sponsor: Rep. Howard Coble R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 6, 2000
- Committee actionSep 13, 2000
- Passed HouseSep 19, 2000 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 12, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 19, 2000
- Became lawOct 27, 2000
Latest action: Oct 27, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-379.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5107.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5107, Work Made for Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000” on September 15, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 13, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 15, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12649
- CBO publication date
- September 15, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5107, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/5107
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-861 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary 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/861
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5107, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/5107
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4c4138b2c9913e4df42749c38342f3e9ae33df54da10e10e595bcb724d0533eb
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5107, 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
14 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 14 cosponsors (64%) are from the other party.
Howard Berman (D-CA), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), John Conyers (D-MI), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), William Jenkins (R-TN), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Karen McCarthy (D-MO), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), James Rogan (R-CA), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Robert Scott (D-VA), Robert Wexler (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Howard Coble.
- H.R. 92 (106th) To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 251 North Main Street in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as the…
- H.R. 3456 (106th) Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999
- H.R. 1907 (106th) American Inventors Protection Act of 1999
- H.R. 5106 (106th) Copyright Technical Corrections Act of 2000
- H.R. 1189 (106th) To make technical corrections in title 17, United States Code, and other laws.
- H.R. 1752 (106th) Federal Courts Improvement 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.