House bill · 106th Congress · Latest step: To the President
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 1999
- Committee actionMay 25, 2000
- Passed HouseJun 9, 2000 · 279–136
- Passed SenateJul 14, 2000 · 59–39
- To the PresidentAug 24, 2000
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 7, 2000 — On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Ways and Means. Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act of 2000” on May 30, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 25, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 30, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12343
- CBO publication date
- May 30, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/8
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
93fc325c8fe0a1fb0b3565a39eab89d01df28d236b8a2c536ca5e8d4d15e4ac8
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act of 2000” on July 20, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by Congress on July 17, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12499
- CBO publication date
- July 20, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/8
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
93fc325c8fe0a1fb0b3565a39eab89d01df28d236b8a2c536ca5e8d4d15e4ac8
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. 106-651 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on June 6, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 6, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/651
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/8
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
93fc325c8fe0a1fb0b3565a39eab89d01df28d236b8a2c536ca5e8d4d15e4ac8
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8, 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
244 cosponsors — 198 Republicans, 46 Democrats
47 of 244 cosponsors (19%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Dick Armey (R-TX), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Richard Baker (R-LA), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Charles Bass (R-NH), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Marion Berry (D-AR), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), John Boehner (R-OH), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Richard Burr (R-NC) and 214 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jennifer Dunn.
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- H.Con.Res. 262 (106th) Expressing the sense of Congress on the accession of Taiwan to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
- H.R. 1084 (106th) Lifetime Tax Relief Act of 1999
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.