Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
An Act to permit the mineral leasing of Indian land located within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in any case in which there is consent from a majority interest in the parcel of land under consideration for lease.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 29, 1997
- Committee actionOct 23, 1997
- Passed SenateNov 7, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseNov 12, 1997 · by voice vote
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 13, 1997 — Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1079.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1079, A bill to permit the mineral leasing of Indian land located within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in any case in which there is consent from a majority interest in the parcel of land under consideration for lease” on October 30, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on October 23, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 30, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10526
- CBO publication date
- October 30, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1079, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1079
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9a1dda1fffa0b85ab1fc27dd36a64c4ba6238d070b871b9efbbf851d09180242
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-139 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on November 5, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 5, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/139
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1079, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1079
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9a1dda1fffa0b85ab1fc27dd36a64c4ba6238d070b871b9efbbf851d09180242
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1079, last updated June 20, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) 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.