To make technical corrections with respect to the monthly reports submitted by the Postmaster General on official mail of the House of Representatives.
Public Law 106-19 · H.R. 705 · 106th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Apr 8, 1999 · Congress
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Thomas (R-CA-21)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseUnanimous consent
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 to make technical corrections with respect to the monthly reports submitted by the Postmaster General on the use of the congressional frank for official mail of the House of Representatives.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 13 actions.
- Apr 8, 1999Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 106-19.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Mar 31, 1999PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Mar 26, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Mar 25, 1999FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Feb 22, 1999CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Feb 11, 1999FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On passage Passed without objection.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Ehlers asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
- FloorFloor · Considered by unanimous consent.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Committee on House Administration
- CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Committee on House Administration
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.