Senate bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-312
Truth in Regulating Act of 2000
Became law on Oct 17, 2000.
Sponsor: Sen. Richard Shelby R-ALWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 9, 1999
- Committee actionNov 4, 1999
- Passed SenateMay 9, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseOct 3, 2000 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentOct 5, 2000
- Became lawOct 17, 2000
Latest action: Oct 17, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-312.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1198.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1198, Truth in Regulating Act of 1999” on November 17, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on November 3, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 17, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12027
- CBO publication date
- November 17, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1198, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1198
- 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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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: S. Rept. 106-225 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on December 7, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 7, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/225
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1198, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1198
- 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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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
14 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 14 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Robert Bennett (R-UT), Christopher Bond (R-MO), John Breaux (D-LA), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), J. Kerrey (D-NE), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Chester Lott (R-MS), Charles Robb (D-VA), William Roth (R-DE), Theodore Stevens (R-AK), Fred Thompson (R-TN), George Voinovich (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Richard Shelby.
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- S. 313 (106th) Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1999
- S. 1009 (106th) Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000
- S. 1143 (106th) Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000
- S. 2507 (106th) Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001
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.