House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-98
District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999
Became law on Nov 12, 1999.
Sponsor: Rep. Thomas Davis R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 1999
- Committee actionMay 19, 1999
- Passed HouseMay 24, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateOct 19, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Resolving differencesNov 1, 1999
- To the PresidentNov 3, 1999
- Became lawNov 12, 1999
Latest action: Nov 12, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-98.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 974.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 974, District of Columbia College Access Act” on May 24, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Government Reform on May 19, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 24, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11552
- CBO publication date
- May 24, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 974, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/974
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8af356730c43fbe30f88fe7f78380d001f422f1035b890d5bad05323bf9f84d6
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 974, District of Columbia College Access Act” on August 18, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governemntal Affairs on August 3, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 18, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11790
- CBO publication date
- August 18, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 974, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/974
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8af356730c43fbe30f88fe7f78380d001f422f1035b890d5bad05323bf9f84d6
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: H. Rept. 106-158 ↗; S. Rept. 106-154 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 9, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/158
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/154 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 974, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/974
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8af356730c43fbe30f88fe7f78380d001f422f1035b890d5bad05323bf9f84d6
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 974, 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
13 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 13 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.
Rick Boucher (D-VA), Randy Cunningham (R-CA), Robert Ehrlich (R-MD), Steve Horn (R-CA), Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), James Moran (D-VA), Constance Morella (R-MD), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Joe Scarborough (R-FL), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Albert Wynn (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Thomas Davis.
- H.R. 775 (106th) Y2K Act
- H.R. 433 (106th) District of Columbia Management Restoration Act of 1999
- H.Con.Res. 322 (106th) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding Vietnamese Americans and others who seek to improve social and political conditions in…
- H.R. 858 (106th) District of Columbia Court Employees Act of 1999
- H.Con.Res. 229 (106th) Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the United States Congressional Philharmonic Society and its mission of promoting musical…
- H.R. 3582 (106th) Federal Contractor Flexibility Act of 2000
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.