House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 1999
- Committee actionMar 29, 2000
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 10, 2000 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 310.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 852.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 852, Freedom to E-File Act” on April 7, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Agriculture on March 29, 2000, with a subsequent amendment”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 7, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12192
- CBO publication date
- April 7, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 852, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/852
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
786a65cc52bbbcbf99af74a93d7dd959978076c713930f8b72b95d61ff841f63
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. 106-565 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture Committee on April 10, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 10, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/565
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 852, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/852
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
786a65cc52bbbcbf99af74a93d7dd959978076c713930f8b72b95d61ff841f63
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 852, 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
51 cosponsors — 32 Republicans, 19 Democrats
19 of 51 cosponsors (37%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Rick Boucher (D-VA), George Brown (D-CA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Merrill Cook (R-UT), John Cooksey (R-LA), Philip Crane (R-IL), Pat Danner (D-MO), Danny Davis (D-IL), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Phil English (R-PA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Thomas Ewing (R-IL), Greg Ganske (R-IA), Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Mark Green (R-WI), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Doc Hastings (R-WA), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), David Hobson (R-OH), John Hostettler (R-IN), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Ernest Istook (R-OK), Christopher John (D-LA), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) and 21 more.
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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.