House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-430
Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act
Became law on Nov 6, 2000.
Sponsor: Rep. Cass Ballenger R-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 14, 2000
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseOct 3, 2000 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 26, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 27, 2000
- Became lawNov 6, 2000
Latest action: Nov 6, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-430.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5178.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5178, Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act” on November 7, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 26, 2000, and signed by the President on November 6, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 7, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12915
- CBO publication date
- November 7, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5178, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/5178
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
98 cosponsors — 51 Republicans, 46 Democrats, 1 independent
47 of 98 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Richard Baker (R-LA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Robert Brady (D-PA), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Michael Castle (R-DE), Donna Christensen (D-VI), William Clay (D-MO), Howard Coble (R-NC), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), James DeMint (R-SC), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Jay Dickey (R-AR), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Phil English (R-PA), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Lane Evans (D-IL), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA) and 68 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cass Ballenger.
- H.R. 1749 (106th) To designate Wilson Creek in Avery and Caldwell Counties, North Carolina, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
- H.R. 1381 (106th) Rewarding Performance in Compensation Act
- H.R. 1380 (106th) Working Families Flexibility Act of 1999
- H.R. 4109 (106th) Worker Economic Opportunity Act
- H.R. 2124 (106th) ESOP Promotion Act of 1999
- H.R. 1434 (106th) To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
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.