Senate bill · 104th Congress · Public Law 104-20

A bill to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize additional measures to carry out the control of salinity upstream of Imperial Dam in a cost-effective manner, and for other purposes.

S. 523Introduced Mar 9, 1995Policy area: Water Resources Development

Became law on Jul 28, 1995.

Sponsor: Sen. Robert Bennett R-UT

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Where it went

IntroducedMar 9, 1995
Committee actionMar 29, 1995
Passed SenateApr 27, 1995 · by voice vote
Passed HouseJul 11, 1995 · by voice vote
To the PresidentJul 18, 1995
Became lawJul 28, 1995

Latest action: Jul 28, 1995 — Became Public Law No: 104-20.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 523.

Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 104-24 ↗; H. Rept. 104-132 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported June 7, 1995 ↗
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/104/HRPT/132
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S. 523, 104th Congress
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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

7 cosponsors — 7 Republicans

0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

George Brown (R-CO), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Alan Simpson (R-WY), Craig Thomas (R-WY).

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