Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-101
Veterans' Cemetery Protection Act of 1997
Became law on Nov 19, 1997.
Sponsor: Sen. James Thurmond R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 1997
- Committee actionOct 9, 1997
- Passed SenateNov 4, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseNov 8, 1997 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentNov 10, 1997
- Became lawNov 19, 1997
Latest action: Nov 19, 1997 — Became Public Law No: 105-101.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 813.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 813, Veterans' Cemetery Protection Act of 1997” on October 29, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on October 23, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 29, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10525
- CBO publication date
- October 29, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 813, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/813
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ef8e2705f1b03af62950c1e68651cc3515010ab8af541e9b84058d3297d561b2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 813, Veterans' Cemetery Protection Act of 1997” on November 12, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on November 8, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 12, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10573
- CBO publication date
- November 12, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 813, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/813
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ef8e2705f1b03af62950c1e68651cc3515010ab8af541e9b84058d3297d561b2
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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 813, last updated August 10, 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
5 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), John McCain (R-AZ), Jeff Sessions (R-AL).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. James Thurmond.
- S. 1507 (105th) A bill to amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to make certain technical corrections.
- S. 2057 (105th) Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999
- S. 2058 (105th) Department of Energy National Security Act for Fiscal Year 1999
- S. 2059 (105th) Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999
- S. 2060 (105th) Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999
- S. 936 (105th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998
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.