Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-387
Mississippi Sioux Tribes Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 1998
Became law on Nov 13, 1998.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 4, 1997
- Committee actionJul 29, 1998
- Passed SenateOct 9, 1998 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseOct 10, 1998 · by voice vote
- Resolving differencesOct 14, 1998
- To the PresidentNov 2, 1998
- Became lawNov 13, 1998
Latest action: Nov 13, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-387.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 391.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 391, Mississippi Sioux Tribes Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 1998” on September 10, 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, September 10, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11141
- CBO publication date
- September 10, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 391, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/391
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ba1595bb4c0332811d24133493c1ce5632f612a49de9422641531669b92690ec
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 391, Mississippi Sioux Tribes Judgment Fund Distribution Act of 1998” on October 19, 1998. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estiamte for the bill as cleared by the Congress on October 14, 1998”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 19, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11279
- CBO publication date
- October 19, 1998
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 391, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/391
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ba1595bb4c0332811d24133493c1ce5632f612a49de9422641531669b92690ec
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. 105-379 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on October 8, 1998.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 8, 1998 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/379
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 391, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/391
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ba1595bb4c0332811d24133493c1ce5632f612a49de9422641531669b92690ec
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 391, 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
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 4 Democrats
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Max Baucus (D-MT), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Tim Johnson (D-SD).
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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.