House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 23, 1999
- Committee actionMar 24, 1999
- Passed HouseApr 13, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 14, 1999 — Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 769.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 769, Madrid Protocol Implementation Act” on April 1, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 24, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 1, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11466
- CBO publication date
- April 1, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 769, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/769
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 106-81 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 12, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 12, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/81
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 769, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/769
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
fa8fd2cd9dafb754516a13330bf70350a57df74397a25204d3bfd71da56d0695
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 769, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.