House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-17
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 23, 1999
- Committee actionFeb 25, 1999
- Passed HouseMar 16, 1999 · 385–23
- Passed SenateMar 24, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentMar 26, 1999
- Became lawApr 6, 1999
Latest action: Apr 6, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-17.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 774.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 774, Women's Business Center Amendments Act of 1999” on February 26, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on February 25, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 26, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11380
- CBO publication date
- February 26, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 774, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/774
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f2b359c1bb2052a649bfa10af74f9b70950ff3740437395eedf92cdae5121d6d
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. 106-47 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on March 10, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 10, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/47
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 774, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/774
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f2b359c1bb2052a649bfa10af74f9b70950ff3740437395eedf92cdae5121d6d
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. 774, last updated April 7, 2025. 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
10 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 7 Democrats
3 of 10 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ), Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), Jim Talent (R-MO), Tom Udall (D-NM).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nydia Velázquez.
- H.R. 4897 (106th) Equity in Contracting for Women Act of 2000
- H.R. 4530 (106th) New Markets Venture Capital Program Act of 2000
- H.R. 4890 (106th) Small Business Contract Equity Act of 2000
- H.R. 2334 (106th) Access to Contract Equity Act
- H.R. 4983 (106th) Access to Capital for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 2000
- H.R. 4939 (106th) Community Environmental Equity 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.