Senate bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-247
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 19, 1999
- Committee actionMar 17, 1999
- Passed SenateApr 13, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseJun 26, 2000 · 384–22
- Resolving differencesJun 29, 2000
- To the PresidentJul 11, 2000
- Became lawJul 20, 2000
Latest action: Jul 20, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-247.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 148.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 148, Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act” on March 19, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on March 17, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 19, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11448
- CBO publication date
- March 19, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 148, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/148
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f571d4f6d34068737b5ebbce5387de37c5a8adb7566734dafb69278af1f81dfb
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 148, Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act” on July 7, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on June 29, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 7, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12451
- CBO publication date
- July 7, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 148, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/148
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f571d4f6d34068737b5ebbce5387de37c5a8adb7566734dafb69278af1f81dfb
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. 106-36 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on March 26, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 26, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/36
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 148, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/148
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f571d4f6d34068737b5ebbce5387de37c5a8adb7566734dafb69278af1f81dfb
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. 148, 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
14 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 5 Democrats, 2 independents
6 of 14 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
John Chafee (R-RI), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), James Jeffords (I-VT), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Chester Lott (R-MS), Richard Lugar (R-IN), Patty Murray (D-WA), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Robert Torricelli (D-NJ), 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.