Senate bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-276
A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the retroactive eligibility dates for financial assistance for higher education for spouses and dependent children of Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers who are killed in the line of duty.
Became law on Oct 2, 2000.
Sponsor: Sen. John Ashcroft R-MOWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 24, 1999
- Committee actionFeb 10, 2000
- Passed SenateMay 15, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseSep 19, 2000 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentSep 21, 2000
- Became lawOct 2, 2000
Latest action: Oct 2, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-276.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1638.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1638, A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend...financial assistance for higher education for spouses and dependent children of...law enforcement officers who are killed in the line of duty” on March 29, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on February 10, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 29, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12162
- CBO publication date
- March 29, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1638, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1638
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
14 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 6 Democrats
5 of 14 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Richard Bryan (D-NV), Susan Collins (R-ME), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Rod Grams (R-MN), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Charles Robb (D-VA), Robert Smith (R-NH), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Arlen Specter (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. John Ashcroft.
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- S.Res. 183 (106th) A resolution designating the week beginning on September 19, 1999, and ending on September 25, 1999, as National Home Education Week.
- S.Res. 120 (106th) A resolution requesting that the President raise the issue of agricultural biotechnology at the June G-8 Summit meeting.
- S.Res. 250 (106th) A resolution recognizing the outstanding achievement of the St. Louis Rams in winning Super Bowl XXXIV.
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.