Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

Bear Protection Act of 1998

S. 263Introduced Feb 5, 1997Policy area: Animals

Sponsor: Sen. Mitch McConnell R-KY

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 5, 1997
Committee actionJul 22, 1998
Passed Senate—
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 31, 1998 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 518.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 263.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 263, Bear Protection Act of 1998” on July 24, 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 24, 1998 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10999
CBO publication date
July 24, 1998
Congress.gov bill record
S. 263, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/263
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-281 ↗. 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 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 263, 105th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/263
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 263, 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

55 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 30 Democrats, 2 independents

30 of 55 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.

Daniel Akaka (D-HI), A. Allard (R-CO), John Ashcroft (R-MO), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Dale Bumpers (D-AR), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Max Cleland (D-GA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Larry Craig (R-ID), Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Duncan Faircloth (R-NC), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), William Frist (R-TN), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), James Jeffords (I-VT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Dirk Kempthorne (R-ID) and 25 more.

More from the sponsor

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Sponsor’s state and district

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