Senate bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 19, 1997
- Committee actionOct 22, 1997
- Passed SenateNov 4, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 7, 1997 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 940.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 940, Battle of Midway National Memorial Act” on October 28, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on October 22, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 28, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10524
- CBO publication date
- October 28, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 940, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/940
- 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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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. 105-114 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on October 28, 1997.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 28, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/105/SRPT/114
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 940, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/940
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f24b07ff94849a3114f5c3b6b268e0445b4d89b62b1865666b4424c06c2a8e1b
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 940, 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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Chester Lott (R-MS), John McCain (R-AZ), Frank Murkowski (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Jesse Helms.
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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.