Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to award Congressional gold medals to Jean Brown Trickey, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Melba Patillo Beals, Terrence Roberts, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Thelma Mothershed Wair, Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, and Jefferson Thomas, commonly referred collectively as the "Little Rock Nine" on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the integration of the Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Sponsor: Sen. Dale Bumpers D-ARWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 9, 1997
- Committee actionJun 25, 1998
- Passed SenateJul 15, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 31, 1998 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1283.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1283, An act to award congressional gold medals to the "Little Rock Nine" on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the integration of the Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas” on July 23, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on July 15, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 23, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10995
- CBO publication date
- July 23, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1283, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1283
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
53c59a566e21b9afbe05a80353f437c71fc64f74063dc18c912d4a7287057205
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-245 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on July 10, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 10, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/245
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1283, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1283
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
53c59a566e21b9afbe05a80353f437c71fc64f74063dc18c912d4a7287057205
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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
42 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 36 Democrats, 1 independent
6 of 42 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), Richard Bryan (D-NV), John Chafee (R-RI), Max Cleland (D-GA), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Wendell Ford (D-KY), John Glenn (D-OH), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), J. Kerrey (D-NE), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and 12 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Dale Bumpers.
- S. 2232 (105th) A bill to establish the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site in the State of Arkansas, and for other purposes.
- S. 731 (105th) A bill to extend the legislative authority for construction of the National Peace Garden memorial, and for other purposes.
- S. 2171 (105th) A bill to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of…
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- S. 1973 (105th) Telephone Privacy Act of 1998
- S. 325 (105th) Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry 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.