House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-86

Pennsylvania Battlefields Protection Act of 1999

H.R. 659Introduced Feb 9, 1999Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Became law on Oct 31, 1999.

Sponsor: Rep. Curt Weldon R-PA

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 9, 1999
Committee actionApr 28, 1999
Passed HouseJun 22, 1999 · 418–4
Passed SenateOct 14, 1999 · by unanimous consent
Resolving differencesOct 18, 1999
To the PresidentOct 20, 1999
Became lawOct 31, 1999

Latest action: Oct 31, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-86.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 659.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 659, PATRIOT Act” on May 7, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on April 28, 1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 7, 1999 ↗
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May 7, 1999
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H.R. 659, 106th Congress
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-139 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 13, 1999.
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H.R. 659, 106th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/659
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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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

26 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 15 Democrats

15 of 26 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Robert Borski (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Michael Castle (R-DE), William Coyne (D-PA), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Phil English (R-PA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Martin Frost (D-TX), George Gekas (R-PA), Bill Goodling (R-PA), James Greenwood (R-PA), Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA), Tim Holden (D-PA), Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Ron Klink (D-PA), Frank Mascara (D-PA), John Murtha (D-PA), Richard Neal (D-MA), John Peterson (R-PA), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Don Sherwood (R-PA), Bud Shuster (R-PA), Patrick Toomey (R-PA).

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Curt Weldon.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-7 district

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