Senate bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-165

Women's Business Centers Sustainability Act of 1999

S. 791Introduced Apr 14, 1999Policy area: Commerce

Became law on Dec 9, 1999.

Sponsor: Sen. John Kerry D-MA

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 14, 1999
Committee actionSep 30, 1999
Passed SenateNov 5, 1999 · by unanimous consent
Passed HouseNov 18, 1999 · without objection
To the PresidentDec 1, 1999
Became lawDec 9, 1999

Latest action: Dec 9, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-165.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 791.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 791, Women's Busincess Centers Sustainability Act of 1999” on October 5, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business on September 30, 1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 5, 1999 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11879
CBO publication date
October 5, 1999
Congress.gov bill record
S. 791, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/791
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 16, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 106-214 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on November 2, 1999.
Source: Congress.gov, reported November 2, 1999 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 791, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/791
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 16, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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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

30 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 19 Democrats, 2 independents

10 of 30 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.

Spencer Abraham (R-MI), Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Max Cleland (D-GA), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Edwards (D-NC), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), James Jeffords (I-VT), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA), Charles Robb (D-VA), Rick Santorum (R-PA), Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Paul Wellstone (D-MN).

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Sponsor’s state and district

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