House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-5
To extend for 3 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.
Became law on Mar 30, 1999.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 23, 1999
- Committee actionMar 2, 1999
- Passed HouseMar 11, 1999 · 418–1
- Passed SenateMar 24, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentMar 26, 1999
- Became lawMar 30, 1999
Latest action: Mar 30, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-5.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 808.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 808, A bill to extend for 6 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted” on March 4, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 2, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 4, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11390
- CBO publication date
- March 4, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 808, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/808
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
449f3b459ab391b8e319012fb8605f64749b28130f8bf2f072fa41d706025c1b
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 808, An act to extend for 6 additioinal months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted” on March 26, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Paygo estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on March 25, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 26, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11468
- CBO publication date
- March 26, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 808, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/808
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
449f3b459ab391b8e319012fb8605f64749b28130f8bf2f072fa41d706025c1b
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. 106-45 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 9, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 9, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/45
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 808, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/808
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
449f3b459ab391b8e319012fb8605f64749b28130f8bf2f072fa41d706025c1b
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 808, 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
18 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 18 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Bill Barrett (R-NE), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Phil English (R-PA), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Mark Foley (R-FL), George Gekas (R-PA), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Rick Hill (R-MT), Jim Leach (R-IA), John McHugh (R-NY), David Minge (D-MN), Patsy Mink (D-HI), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Bob Riley (R-AL), Ronnie Shows (D-MS), Wes Watkins (R-OK), J. Watts (R-OK).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nick Smith.
- H.R. 1550 (106th) Fire Administration Authorization Act of 2000
- H.R. 1184 (106th) Earthquake Hazards Reduction Authorization Act of 1999
- H.R. 2942 (106th) To extend for 6 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.
- H.R. 5540 (106th) Chapter 12 Extension and Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2000
- H.R. 4718 (106th) To extend for 3 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.
- H.Res. 20 (106th) Repealing rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives relating to the statutory limit on the public debt.
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.