Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
An Act to elevate the position of Director of the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. John McCain R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 17, 1998
- Committee actionJul 29, 1998
- Passed SenateSep 17, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 21, 1998 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1770.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1770, A bill to elevate the position of Director of the Indian Health Service to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health, and for other purposes” on August 13, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 29, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 13, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11168
- CBO publication date
- August 13, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1770, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1770
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b03a78f15119040fdc271e415213a154aeb5195d65bd62501cf8bf03186dceb9
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-319 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on September 9, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 9, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/319
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1770, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1770
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b03a78f15119040fdc271e415213a154aeb5195d65bd62501cf8bf03186dceb9
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1770, last updated June 3, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Ben Campbell (R-CO), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Daniel Inouye (D-HI).
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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.