Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Bear Protection Act of 1999
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 24, 1999
- Committee actionJul 26, 2000
- Passed SenateOct 17, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 25, 2000 — Message received in Senate: Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 645.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1109.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1109, Bear Protection Act of 1999” on August 30, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 26, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 30, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12615
- CBO publication date
- August 30, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1109, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1109
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
81faedcb5e1dff8fd842c13a3636fe4670c312e782a5a52853b0ee687cf1d4fc
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 106-484 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on October 4, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 4, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/484
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1109, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1109
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
81faedcb5e1dff8fd842c13a3636fe4670c312e782a5a52853b0ee687cf1d4fc
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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
67 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 36 Democrats, 2 independents
36 of 67 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), A. Allard (R-CO), John Ashcroft (R-MO), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Richard Bryan (D-NV), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Max Cleland (D-GA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Edwards (D-NC), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL), William Frist (R-TN), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Rod Grams (R-MN), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and 37 more.
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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.