Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 1997
- Committee actionNov 5, 1997
- Passed SenateNov 10, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 24, 1997 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 222.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 222, National Drought Policy Act of 1997” on November 7, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on November 5, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 7, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10592
- CBO publication date
- November 7, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 222, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/222
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
281c05e253cefc9f3734023fa1862c5dbfe3e4290825f0a7bf35ad70a79f191d
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. 105-144 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on November 7, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 7, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/144
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 222, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/222
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
281c05e253cefc9f3734023fa1862c5dbfe3e4290825f0a7bf35ad70a79f191d
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. 222, last updated April 7, 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
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Larry Craig (R-ID), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Tim Johnson (D-SD), J. Kerrey (D-NE).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Pete Domenici.
- S. 430 (105th) New Mexico Statehood and Enabling Act Amendments of 1997
- S. 1417 (105th) Hispanic Cultural Center Act of 1997
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- S.Res. 176 (105th) A resolution proclaiming the week of October 18 through October 24, 1998, as "National Character Counts Week".
- S.Res. 63 (105th) A resolution proclaiming the week of October 19 through October 25, 1997, as "National Character Counts Week".
- S. 1510 (105th) A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands to the county of Rio Arriba, New…
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.