Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel ARCELLA.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 8, 1997
- Committee actionNov 4, 1997
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 12, 1998 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 308.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1272.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-162 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on February 12, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 12, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/162
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1272, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1272
- 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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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
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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.