House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-136
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 1999
- Committee actionAug 4, 1999
- Passed HouseOct 26, 1999 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 19, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 30, 1999
- Became lawDec 7, 1999
Latest action: Dec 7, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-136.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 970.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 970, Perkins County Rural Water System Act of 1999” on August 5, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on August 4, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 5, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11771
- CBO publication date
- August 5, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 970, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f5757c7b0acf014437affc3312cfcd122d1a8ff9904c6bd2763057c68e5f9220
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. 106-405 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on October 20, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 20, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/405
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 970, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/970
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f5757c7b0acf014437affc3312cfcd122d1a8ff9904c6bd2763057c68e5f9220
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 970, 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
No cosponsors.
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. 5528 (106th) Omnibus Indian Advancement Act
- H.R. 297 (106th) Lewis and Clark Rural Water System Act of 2000
- 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.