Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 25, 1997
- Committee actionOct 29, 1997
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 4, 1997 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 248.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1219.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1219, Pfiesteria Research Act of 1997” on October 31, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on October 29, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 31, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10511
- CBO publication date
- October 31, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1219, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1219
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-132 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on November 4, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 4, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/132
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1219, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1219
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3e3ecad640f3a8e53fa1e1cf89e7b2012ed7a059d331ec156a9a7f25a88b3413
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1219, last updated September 8, 2026. 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Charles Robb (D-VA), Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Richard Shelby (R-AL), John Warner (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Duncan Faircloth.
- S.Res. 211 (105th) A resolution expressing the condolences of the Senate on the death of the Honorable Terry Sanford, former United States Senator from North…
- S. 1156 (105th) District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998
- S. 2333 (105th) District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1999
- S. 732 (105th) First Flight Commemorative Coin Act of 1997
- S. 1285 (105th) Marriage Tax Elimination Act
- S. 139 (105th) Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds Protection Act of 1997
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.