Senate bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-71
Missing, Exploited, and Runaway Children Protection Act
Became law on Oct 12, 1999.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 19, 1999
- Committee actionMar 4, 1999
- Passed SenateApr 19, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseMay 25, 1999 · 414–1
- Resolving differencesSep 28, 1999
- To the PresidentSep 30, 1999
- Became lawOct 12, 1999
Latest action: Oct 12, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-71.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 249.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 249, Missing, Exploited, and Runaway Children Protection Act” on March 18, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 4, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 18, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11457
- CBO publication date
- March 18, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 249, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/249
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
296b81fcd638b91cd985d96bd47ef872d723c5a6917c5dfbdf9e5dc2e76981b0
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 249, 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
7 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), John Ashcroft (R-MO), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Rod Grams (R-MN), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Charles Robb (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch.
- S. 2045 (106th) Kids 2000 Act
- S. 1515 (106th) Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Amendments of 2000
- S. 2812 (106th) A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a waiver of the oath of renunciation and allegiance for naturalization of…
- S. 28 (106th) Four Corners Interpretive Center Act
- S. 1258 (106th) Patent Fee Integrity and Innovation Protection Act of 1999
- S. 1259 (106th) Trademark Amendments Act of 1999
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.