House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Made in America Information Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 11, 1999
- Committee actionSep 29, 1999
- Passed HouseOct 25, 1999 · 390–2
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 26, 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. 754.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 754, Made in America Information Act” on October 18, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on September 29, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 18, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11915
- CBO publication date
- October 18, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 754, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/754
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
262be9261cc2632ee0338e395627ea708b9d6b45093446c4f00ee5549468b951
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-399 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on October 20, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 20, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/399
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 754, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/754
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
262be9261cc2632ee0338e395627ea708b9d6b45093446c4f00ee5549468b951
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 754, 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
16 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 12 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 16 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Phil English (R-PA), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Gene Green (D-TX), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), James McGovern (D-MA), Sue Myrick (R-NC), James Oberstar (D-MN), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Ronnie Shows (D-MS).
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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.