House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 6, 1999
- Committee actionMay 17, 2000
- Passed HouseMay 23, 2000 · 400–13
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 24, 2000 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 571.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 297.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 297, Lewis and Clark Rural Water System Act of 2000” on May 19, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources May 17, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 19, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12289
- CBO publication date
- May 19, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 297, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/297
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- 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: H. Rept. 106-633 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 23, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 23, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/633
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 297, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/297
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b2d9affdac4a10efbe4c13dc4e55504a082ffe3dc594b5afe3b289f3b657a0f6
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 297, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Thune.
- H.R. 2079 (106th) Terry Peak Land Act of 1999
- H.R. 4226 (106th) Black Hills National Forest and Rocky Mountain Research Station Improvement Act
- H.R. 970 (106th) Perkins County Rural Water System Act of 1999
- H.R. 5528 (106th) Omnibus Indian Advancement Act
- H.R. 4841 (106th) Medicare Access to Telehealth Services Act of 2000
- H.R. 693 (106th) Livestock Industry Fairness and Enhancement Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.