House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 1999
Sponsor: Rep. Bud Shuster R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 1999
- Committee actionMar 2, 1999
- Passed HouseMar 16, 1999 · 403–3
- Passed SenateJul 29, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 30, 1999 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 819.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 819, Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 1999” on March 2, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 2, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 2, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11384
- CBO publication date
- March 2, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 819, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/819
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5dc0674b4719b90f4927cb30f99eece4b49e560b9baba43b53e1205f53f3dd09
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-42 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on March 4, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 4, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/42
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 819, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/819
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5dc0674b4719b90f4927cb30f99eece4b49e560b9baba43b53e1205f53f3dd09
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 819, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), James Oberstar (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bud Shuster.
- H.R. 1000 (106th) Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century
- H.R. 2724 (106th) To make technical corrections to the Water Resources Development Act of 1999.
- H.R. 3036 (106th) To provide for interim continuation of administration of motor carrier functions by the Federal Highway Administration.
- H.R. 3419 (106th) Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999
- H.R. 4844 (106th) Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2000
- H.Con.Res. 187 (106th) Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the European Council noise rule affecting hushkitted and reengined aircraft.
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.