House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Wireless Privacy Enhancement Act of 1999
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 3, 1999
- Committee actionFeb 11, 1999
- Passed HouseFeb 25, 1999 · 403–3
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 3, 1999 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 514.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 514, Wireless Privacy Enhancement Act of 1999” on February 22, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on February 11, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 22, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11364
- CBO publication date
- February 22, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 514, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/514
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3980400d7e87209fe83bb1d87664a289bfddb1ec9300794230c787c1a0458eab
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-24 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on February 23, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 23, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/24
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 514, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/514
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3980400d7e87209fe83bb1d87664a289bfddb1ec9300794230c787c1a0458eab
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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
16 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 16 cosponsors (31%) are from the other party.
Roy Blunt (R-MO), Christopher Cox (R-CA), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Vito Fossella (R-NY), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), William Luther (D-MN), Edward Markey (D-MA), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Charles Pickering (R-MS), James Rogan (R-CA), Tom Sawyer (D-OH), John Shimkus (R-IL), W. Tauzin (R-LA), Albert Wynn (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
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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.