Senate bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to amend the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to provide for Native Hawaiian organizations, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 1996
- Committee actionJul 30, 1996
- Passed SenateSep 13, 1996 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 1996 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Native American and Insular Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1983.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 104-356 ↗. 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/356
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1983, 104th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/s/1983
- 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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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.
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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.