Senate bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 1996
- Committee actionJul 24, 1996
- Passed SenateSep 26, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 1996 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1962.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 104-335 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on July 26, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 26, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/335
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1962, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/1962
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of June 20, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1962, last updated June 20, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 29, 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
10 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 10 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Ben Campbell (R-CO), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), John Glenn (D-OH), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS), Frank Murkowski (R-AK), Paul Simon (D-IL), Craig Thomas (R-WY).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. John McCain.
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- S. 790 (104th) Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995
- S. 1834 (104th) A bill to reauthorize the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program Act of 1992, and for other purposes.
- S. 1341 (104th) Saddleback Mountain-Arizona Settlement Act of 1995
- S. 349 (104th) A bill to reauthorize appropriations for the Navajo-Hopi Relocation Housing Program.
- S. 441 (104th) A bill to reauthorize appropriations for certain programs under the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act, and for…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.