House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to recalculate the franchise fee owed by Fort Sumter Tours, Inc., a concessioner providing service to Fort Sumter National Monument in South Carolina, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mark Sanford R-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 5, 1999
- Committee actionJul 26, 2000
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 5, 2000 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 564.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3241.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3241, A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to recalculate the franchise fee owed by Fort Sumter Tours, Inc., a concessioner providing service to Fort Sumter National Monument in South Carolina” on October 3, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on July 26, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12719
- CBO publication date
- October 3, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3241, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3241
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
04045093844daa95aa20e1a0d3d061c83966395d72149abec3e623ead5ecfcb5
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 106-937 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 5, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 5, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/937
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3241, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/3241
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
04045093844daa95aa20e1a0d3d061c83966395d72149abec3e623ead5ecfcb5
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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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
James Clyburn (D-SC), James DeMint (R-SC), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Floyd Spence (R-SC), John Spratt (D-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mark Sanford.
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- H.R. 5349 (106th) Taxpayers' Choice Debt Reduction Act
- H.R. 4839 (106th) Personal Lockbox Act of 2000
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- H.R. 248 (106th) United States Cruise Tourism Act of 1999
- H.R. 247 (106th) Social Security Information Act of 1999
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.