Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act
Sponsor: Sen. Spencer Abraham R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 22, 1998
- Committee actionJul 22, 1998
- Passed SenateOct 8, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 9, 1998 — Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1970.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1970, Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act” on July 23, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 22, 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/10984
- CBO publication date
- July 23, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1970, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c0877155e489ce4ef8b81e7a4022fbc1ffa5190e22086b6c782cdae69a6e2aef
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. 105-284 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on July 31, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 31, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/284
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1970, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/1970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c0877155e489ce4ef8b81e7a4022fbc1ffa5190e22086b6c782cdae69a6e2aef
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. 1970, 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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 7 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
A. Allard (R-CO), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), John Chafee (R-RI), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Richard Lugar (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Spencer Abraham.
- S. 670 (105th) A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 to eliminate the special transition rule for issuance of…
- S. 1178 (105th) Visa Waiver Pilot Program Reauthorization Act of 1997
- S. 1198 (105th) Religious Workers Act of 1997
- S. 1161 (105th) A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize appropriations for refugee and entrant assistance for fiscal years 1998…
- S. 1565 (105th) A bill to make technical corrections to the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act.
- S. 1723 (105th) American Competitiveness Act
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.