Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 21, 1999
- Committee actionJul 29, 1999
- Passed SenateAug 5, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseOct 26, 1999 · without objection
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 27, 1999 — Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1255.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1255, Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act” on August 5, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on July 29, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 5, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11782
- CBO publication date
- August 5, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1255, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1255
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d83cb7fbc58e87edf88476a94f67628419b350fe2db57805ef6d26051f5c3021
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 106-140 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on July 29, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 29, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/140
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1255, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1255
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d83cb7fbc58e87edf88476a94f67628419b350fe2db57805ef6d26051f5c3021
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1255, last updated August 10, 2026. 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
John Breaux (D-LA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chester Lott (R-MS), John McCain (R-AZ), Robert Torricelli (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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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.