House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
To provide for a reduction in the volume of steel imports, and to establish a steel import notification and monitoring program.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 1999
- Committee actionMar 10, 1999
- Passed HouseMar 17, 1999 · 289–141
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 22, 1999 — Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 42-57. Record Vote No: 178. (consideration: CR S7405)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 975.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 975, A bill to provide for a reduction in the volume of steel imports, and to establish a steel import notification and monitoring program” on March 15, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on March 10, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11436
- CBO publication date
- March 15, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 975, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-52 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on March 15, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 15, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/52
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 975, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/975
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bf7673420fc70c3348f92e3fd62bd5b4088f08a5ee39b0f73f6e6d5ba18ef21a
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 975, 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
204 cosponsors — 47 Republicans, 156 Democrats, 1 independent
45 of 204 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), John Baldacci (D-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), James Barcia (D-MI), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Marion Berry (D-AR), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), David Bonior (D-MI), Robert Borski (D-PA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), George Brown (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Dan Burton (R-IN), H. Callahan (R-AL), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Julia Carson (D-IN), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID) and 174 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.