Senate bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
Older Americans Indian Technical Amendments Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 18, 1996
- Committee actionJul 24, 1996
- Passed SenateSep 5, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseSep 27, 1996 · by voice vote
- Resolving differencesOct 3, 1996
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 4, 1996 — Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1972.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 104-355 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on August 27, 1996.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 27, 1996 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/SRPT/355
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1972, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/1972
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 29, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- S. 349 (104th) A bill to reauthorize appropriations for the Navajo-Hopi Relocation Housing Program.
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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.