House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify the application of the Act popularly known as the "Death on the High Seas Act" to aviation incidents.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 4, 1999
- Committee actionFeb 11, 1999
- Passed HouseMar 3, 1999 · 412–2
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 6, 1999 — See H.R.1000.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 603.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 603, A bill to amend Title 49, United States code, to clarify the application of the act popularly known as the "Dealth on the High Seas Act" to aviation incidents” on February 19, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 11, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 19, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11369
- CBO publication date
- February 19, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 603, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/603
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
368e893045bdd0acc6f7205e93544ecbe86a12f44d7f238f6616a51042d9f520
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-32 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on February 24, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 24, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/32
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 603, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/603
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
368e893045bdd0acc6f7205e93544ecbe86a12f44d7f238f6616a51042d9f520
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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
No cosponsors.
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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.