Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel YANKEE.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 22, 1999
- Committee actionApr 13, 2000
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 10, 2000 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 533.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1261.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 106-282 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on May 10, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 10, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/282
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1261, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1261
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Christopher Dodd.
- S.Res. 282 (106th) A resolution congratulating the Huskies of the University of Connecticut for winning the 2000 Women's Basketball Championship.
- S.Res. 77 (106th) A resolution commending and congratulating the University of Connecticut Huskies for winning the 1999 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.
- S.Res. 193 (106th) Jacob K. Javits Senate Fellowship Program Resolution
- S. 1941 (106th) Firefighter Investment and Response Enhancement (FIRE) Act
- S. 17 (106th) Child Care ACCESS (Affordable Child Care for Early Success and Security) Act
- S. 926 (106th) Cuban Food and Medicine Security 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.