House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Caribbean and Central America Relief and Economic Stabilization Act

H.R. 984Introduced Mar 4, 1999Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Sponsor: Rep. Philip Crane R-IL

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 4, 1999
Committee actionJun 10, 1999
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jun 7, 2000 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 363.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 984.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 984, Caribbean and Central America Relief and Economic Stabilization Act” on January 6, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 10, 1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 6, 2000 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12067
CBO publication date
January 6, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 984, 106th Congress
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-519 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on March 13, 2000.
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H.R. 984, 106th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
June 6, 2025
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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

68 cosponsors — 36 Republicans, 32 Democrats

32 of 68 cosponsors (47%) are from the other party.

Dick Armey (R-TX), Bill Barrett (R-NE), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Dave Camp (R-MI), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Jim Davis (D-FL), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Cal Dooley (D-CA), David Dreier (R-CA), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Phil English (R-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Harold Ford (D-TN), Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ), Porter Goss (R-FL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Earl Hilliard (D-AL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX) and 38 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Philip Crane.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-8 district

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