Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow revision of veterans benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error.
Sponsor: Sen. Patty Murray D-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 1997
- Committee actionOct 7, 1997
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 13, 1997 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 296.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 464.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 464, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow revision of veterans benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error” on October 8, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on October 7, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 8, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10452
- CBO publication date
- October 8, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 464, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/464
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
65f280bbd74f91e5baeee65a3f5f540c48c752b76b07e639ab367c66ad841549
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 105-157 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on November 13, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 13, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/157
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 464, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/464
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
65f280bbd74f91e5baeee65a3f5f540c48c752b76b07e639ab367c66ad841549
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 464, 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
4 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Paul Wellstone (D-MN).
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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.