Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-188
A bill to permit the mineral leasing of Indian land located within the Fort Berthold Indian reservation in any case in which there is consent from a majority interest in the parcel of land under consideration for lease.
Became law on Jul 7, 1998.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 12, 1998
- Committee actionMay 20, 1998
- Passed SenateJun 10, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseJun 24, 1998 · without objection
- To the PresidentJun 26, 1998
- Became lawJul 7, 1998
Latest action: Jul 7, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-188.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2069.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2069, A bill to permit the mineral leasing of Indian land located within the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in any case in which there is consent from a majority interest in the parcel of land under consideration for lease” on June 2, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on May 20, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10845
- CBO publication date
- June 2, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2069, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/2069
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-205 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on June 5, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 5, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/205
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2069, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/2069
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b7ece23e1ca5d25f7b2a03d64207929d25134726c90de58811ebfbccfdb5f1d9
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2069, last updated June 20, 2025. 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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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.