Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-361
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 1997
- Committee actionApr 29, 1997
- Passed SenateSep 29, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseOct 9, 1998 · without objection
- Resolving differencesOct 14, 1998
- To the PresidentNov 2, 1998
- Became lawNov 10, 1998
Latest action: Nov 10, 1998 — Became Public Law No: 105-361.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 459.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-20 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on May 21, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 21, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/20
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 459, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/459
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 459, last updated July 21, 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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Pete Domenici (R-NM), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), John McCain (R-AZ), Frank Murkowski (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Ben Campbell.
- S. 1605 (105th) Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 1998
- S. 2235 (105th) A bill to amend part Q of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to encourage the use of school resource officers.
- S. 1695 (105th) Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site Preservation Act of 1998
- S. 587 (105th) A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain lands located in Hinsdale County, Colorado.
- S. 589 (105th) A bill to provide for a boundary adjustment and land conveyance involving the Raggeds Wilderness, White River National Forest, Colorado…
- S. 591 (105th) A bill to transfer the Dillon Ranger District in the Arapaho National Forest to the White River National Forest in the State of Colorado.
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.