Senate bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-418
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 28, 1999
- Committee actionOct 20, 1999
- Passed SenateNov 19, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseOct 17, 2000 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentOct 20, 2000
- Became lawNov 1, 2000
Latest action: Nov 1, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-418.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1296.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1296, Lower Delaware Wild and Scenic Rivers Act” on November 2, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on October 20, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 2, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11975
- CBO publication date
- November 2, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1296, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1296
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b34dab951b419052100cf106f85e5a84eca8bf095aef712641647004c7990ee8
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. 106-207 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on November 2, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 2, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/207
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1296, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1296
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b34dab951b419052100cf106f85e5a84eca8bf095aef712641647004c7990ee8
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1296, 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Rick Santorum (R-PA), Arlen Specter (D-PA), Robert Torricelli (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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- S. 1796 (106th) Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act
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.