Senate bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-459
A bill to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize additional measures to carry out the control of salinity upstream of Imperial Dam in a cost-effective manner.
Became law on Nov 7, 2000.
Sponsor: Sen. Robert Bennett R-UTWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 10, 1999
- Committee actionSep 22, 1999
- Passed SenateNov 19, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseOct 23, 2000 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentNov 1, 2000
- Became lawNov 7, 2000
Latest action: Nov 7, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-459.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1211.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1211, A bill to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize additional measures to carry out the control of salinity upstream of Imperial Dam in a cost-effective manner” on October 5, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 22, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 5, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11857
- CBO publication date
- October 5, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1211, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1211
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c362e71541f4a9e79ddf4f6bb5bba08740a62bdf8e2e3892952c374f364ab544
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1211, An act to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize additional measures to carry out the control of salinity upstream of Imperial Dam in a cost-effective manner” on June 7, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Hose Committee on Resources on May 24, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 7, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12332
- CBO publication date
- June 7, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1211, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1211
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c362e71541f4a9e79ddf4f6bb5bba08740a62bdf8e2e3892952c374f364ab544
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 106-175 ↗; H. Rept. 106-814 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 6, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/175
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/814 - Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1211, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1211
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c362e71541f4a9e79ddf4f6bb5bba08740a62bdf8e2e3892952c374f364ab544
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1211, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
6 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 6 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
A. Allard (R-CO), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Craig Thomas (R-WY).
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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.