House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Satellite Competition and Consumer Protection Act

H.R. 851Introduced Feb 25, 1999Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor: Rep. W. Tauzin R-LA

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 25, 1999
Committee actionMar 25, 1999
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Apr 27, 1999 — See H.R.1554.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 851.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 851, Satellite Competition and Consumer Protection Act” on April 7, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Commerce on March 24, 1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 7, 1999 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11476
CBO publication date
April 7, 1999
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 851, 106th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/851
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-79 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 7, 1999.
Source: Congress.gov, reported April 7, 1999 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 851, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/851
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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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

69 cosponsors — 45 Republicans, 23 Democrats, 1 independent

24 of 69 cosponsors (35%) are from the other party.

Robert Aderholt (R-AL), James Barcia (D-MI), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Charles Bass (R-NH), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Castle (R-DE), Mac Collins (R-GA), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Jay Dickey (R-AR), John Dingell (D-MI), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Thomas Ewing (R-IL), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Porter Goss (R-FL), Rick Hill (R-MT), Van Hilleary (R-TN), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and 39 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. W. Tauzin.

Sponsor’s state and district

Louisiana in Congress · LA-3 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.