Senate bill · 105th Congress · Public Law 105-53
A bill to provide for the authorization of appropriations in each fiscal year for arbitration in United States district courts.
Became law on Oct 6, 1997.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 8, 1997
- Committee actionJul 31, 1997
- Passed SenateJul 31, 1997 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseSep 23, 1997 · 421–0
- Resolving differencesSep 30, 1997
- To the PresidentOct 2, 1997
- Became lawOct 6, 1997
Latest action: Oct 6, 1997 — Became Public Law No: 105-53.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 996.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 996, An act to provide for the authorization of appropriations in each fiscal year for arbitration in United States district courts” on October 10, 1997. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on September 30, 1997”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 10, 1997 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/10461
- CBO publication date
- October 10, 1997
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 996, 105th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/s/996
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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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.