House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2000

H.R. 833Introduced Feb 24, 1999Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Sponsor: Rep. George Gekas R-PA

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 24, 1999
Committee actionApr 28, 1999
Passed HouseMay 5, 1999 · 313–108
Passed SenateFeb 2, 2000 · 83–14
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Feb 2, 2000 — Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 833.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 833, Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1999” on May 5, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 28, 1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 5, 1999 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11510
CBO publication date
May 5, 1999
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 833, 106th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/833
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-123 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 29, 1999.
Source: Congress.gov, reported April 29, 1999 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 833, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/833
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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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

106 cosponsors — 68 Republicans, 38 Democrats

40 of 106 cosponsors (38%) are from the other party.

Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Dick Armey (R-TX), Richard Baker (R-LA), James Barcia (D-MI), Bob Barr (R-GA), Joe Barton (R-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), John Boehner (R-OH), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Richard Burr (R-NC), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Dave Camp (R-MI), Charles Canady (R-FL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Castle (R-DE), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), Mac Collins (R-GA), Gary Condit (D-CA), Merrill Cook (R-UT), John Cooksey (R-LA) and 76 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. George Gekas.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-17 district

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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.