Senate bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-422
A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to provide that certain designated Federal entities shall be establishments under such Act, and for other purposes.
Became law on Nov 1, 2000.
Sponsor: Sen. Fred Thompson R-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 7, 1999
- Committee actionNov 4, 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: 106-422.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1707.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1707, A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to provide that certain designated federal entities shall be establishments under such act, and for other purposes” on November 5, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on November 3, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 5, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11980
- CBO publication date
- November 5, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1707, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1707
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 106-218 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on November 8, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 8, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/218
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1707, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1707
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cbcf88e3a0e52c3c0a772bd2d74007c57cdbfdaa6ca84dc30cf1dc61b0fa57f2
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1707, last updated March 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 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, 1 Democrat, 1 independent
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Max Cleland (D-GA), William Frist (R-TN), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT).
More from the sponsor
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- S. 1503 (106th) Office of Government Ethics Authorization Act of 1999
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- S. 440 (106th) A bill to provide support for certain institutes and schools.
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.