Senate bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-42
Patent Fee Integrity and Innovation Protection Act of 1999
Became law on Aug 5, 1999.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 22, 1999
- Committee actionJul 1, 1999
- Passed SenateJul 1, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseJul 26, 1999 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentJul 28, 1999
- Became lawAug 5, 1999
Latest action: Aug 5, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-42.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1258.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1258, Patent Fee Integrity and Innovation Act of 1999” on July 7, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on July 1, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 7, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11664
- CBO publication date
- July 7, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1258, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1258
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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.