House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-390
Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000
Became law on Oct 30, 2000.
Sponsor: Rep. Tillie Fowler R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 1999
- Committee actionMar 2, 1999
- Passed HouseMar 4, 1999 · 415–2
- Passed SenateJul 19, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesOct 3, 2000
- To the PresidentOct 19, 2000
- Became lawOct 30, 2000
Latest action: Oct 30, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-390.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 707.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 707, Disaster Mitigation and Cost Reduction Act of 1999” on March 15, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on March 4, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11459
- CBO publication date
- March 15, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 707, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/707
- 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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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 707, Disaster Mitigation and Cost Reduction Act of 1999” on May 5, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on February 9, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 5, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12266
- CBO publication date
- May 5, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 707, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/707
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dd43edda42b94b57e8657a800bd62a593ba221efb6c814ab8d2e80168f0f4709
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 707, Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000” on October 25, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 10, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 25, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12863
- CBO publication date
- October 25, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 707, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/707
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dd43edda42b94b57e8657a800bd62a593ba221efb6c814ab8d2e80168f0f4709
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-40 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 16, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/40
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 707, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/707
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
dd43edda42b94b57e8657a800bd62a593ba221efb6c814ab8d2e80168f0f4709
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 707, 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
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Robert Borski (D-PA), John Doolittle (R-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), John Sweeney (R-NY), Lee Terry (R-NE), James Traficant (D-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tillie Fowler.
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- H.R. 1569 (106th) Military Operations in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Limitation Act of 1999
- H.Con.Res. 29 (106th) Expressing the opposition of Congress to any deployment of United States ground forces in Kosovo, a province in the Republic of Serbia…
- H.R. 1566 (106th) Military Operations in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Limitation Act of 1999
- H.R. 3445 (106th) To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow the Secretaries of the military departments to authorize civilian special agents of their…
- H.R. 138 (106th) Forced Abortion Condemnation Act
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.