Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 1999
- Committee actionJun 23, 1999
- Passed SenateSep 8, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 9, 1999 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1076.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1076, Veterans Benefits Act of 1999” on July 21, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 23, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 21, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11723
- CBO publication date
- July 21, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1076, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1076
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 3, 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: S. Rept. 106-122 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 27, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 27, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/122
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1076, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1076
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3cddaa8989b6380914fe5b289d7a5f5187844af8989f1d9bdc3819c8a99ad7d0
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1076, last updated September 3, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Arlen Specter.
- S. 1402 (106th) Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000
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- S. 2499 (106th) A bill to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Pennsylvania.
- S.Res. 256 (106th) A resolution designating the week of February 14-18, 2000, as "National Heart Failure Awareness Week".
- S.Res. 50 (106th) A resolution designating March 25,1999, as "Greek Independence Day: A Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy".
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.