Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Veterans Programs Enhancement Act of 2000

S. 1810Introduced Oct 27, 1999Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor: Sen. Patty Murray D-WA

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Where it went

IntroducedOct 27, 1999
Committee actionJul 27, 2000
Passed SenateSep 21, 2000 · by unanimous consent
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Sep 22, 2000 — Held at the desk.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1810.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1810, Veterans Programs Enhancement Act of 2000” on August 22, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on July 27, 2000”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 22, 2000 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12589
CBO publication date
August 22, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1810, 106th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1810
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 106-397 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on September 7, 2000.
Source: Congress.gov, reported September 7, 2000 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 1810, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1810
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
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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

44 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 27 Democrats, 2 independents

16 of 44 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.

John Ashcroft (R-MO), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Max Cleland (D-GA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Thomas Gorton (R-WA), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), James Jeffords (I-VT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), J. Kerrey (D-NE), John Kerry (D-MA), Herbert Kohl (D-WI) and 14 more.

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