Senate bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-278
National Museum of the American Indian Act Amendments of 1996
Became law on Oct 9, 1996.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 18, 1996
- Committee actionJul 24, 1996
- Passed SenateSep 5, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseSep 26, 1996 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentSep 28, 1996
- Became lawOct 9, 1996
Latest action: Oct 9, 1996 — Became Public Law No: 104-278.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1970.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 104-350 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on August 2, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 2, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/350
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1970, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/1970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 21, 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 August 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1970, last updated August 21, 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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Ben Campbell (R-CO), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Craig Thomas (R-WY).
More from the sponsor
Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. John McCain.
- 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…
- S. 1973 (104th) Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act of 1996
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.