House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-278
An act to designate the Lackawanna Valley and the Schuylkill River National Heritage Areas, and for other purposes.
Became law on Oct 6, 2000.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 2, 1999
- Committee actionJul 15, 1999
- Passed HouseSep 13, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 27, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesSep 21, 2000
- To the PresidentSep 26, 2000
- Became lawOct 6, 2000
Latest action: Oct 6, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-278.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 940.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 940, Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area Act of 1999” on August 2, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 21, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 2, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11762
- CBO publication date
- August 2, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 940, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/940
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9b0df9a31d06085d5121bc15627d2b088de1d3ad3ddc8b5e44ad9a91f04c4c98
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 940, An act to designate the Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area, and for other purposes” on June 21, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 7, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 21, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12373
- CBO publication date
- June 21, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 940, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/940
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9b0df9a31d06085d5121bc15627d2b088de1d3ad3ddc8b5e44ad9a91f04c4c98
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 106-342 ↗; H. Rept. 106-285 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 13, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/342
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/285 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 940, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/940
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9b0df9a31d06085d5121bc15627d2b088de1d3ad3ddc8b5e44ad9a91f04c4c98
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 940, 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
No cosponsors.
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