Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Twenty-First Century Research Laboratories Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 23, 1999
- Committee actionNov 19, 1999
- Passed SenateNov 19, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 4, 2000 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1268.
- Congress.gov noteText from several bills was added to H.R. 2498, the Public Health Improvement Act, by S.Amdt. 4344. This includes text from: H.R. 762, Lupus Research and Care Amendments; S.1243, Prostate Cancer Research and Prevention Act; S. 1268, Twenty-First Century Research Laboratories Act; S. 1813, Clinical Research Enhancement Act; S. 2528, Rural Access to Emergency Devices Act; S. 2625, Organ Procurement Organization Certification Act; and S. 2731, Public Health Threats and Emergencies Act.Source: Congress.gov, record updated June 3, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1268, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1268
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 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
23 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 14 Democrats
10 of 23 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Chafee (R-RI), Max Cleland (D-GA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), William Frist (R-TN), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Connie Mack (R-FL), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Daniel Moynihan (D-NY), Patty Murray (D-WA), John Reed (D-RI), Harry Reid (D-NV), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Arlen Specter (D-PA), John Warner (R-VA).
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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.