House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to prohibit the commercial operation of supersonic transport category aircraft that do not comply with stage 3 noise levels if the European Union adopts certain aircraft noise regulations.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 10, 1999
- Committee actionFeb 11, 1999
- Passed HouseMar 3, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 4, 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. 661.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 661, A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to prohibit the commercial operation of supersoninc transport category aircraft that do not comply with stage 3 noise levels if the European Union adopts certain aircraft noise regulations” on February 25, 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 25, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11389
- CBO publication date
- February 25, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 661, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/661
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-35 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on March 2, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 2, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/35
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 661, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/661
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1725da8e4bef1e3906f088749b65df42daac86c9ee86b82ac6615231345fae9b
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 661, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
9 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 3 Democrats
6 of 9 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), John Duncan (R-TN), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT), Steve Horn (R-CA), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), William Lipinski (D-IL), Jack Metcalf (R-WA), Ronnie Shows (D-MS), Bud Shuster (R-PA).
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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.