Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

John H. Chafee Environmental Education Act of 2000

S. 1946Introduced Nov 17, 1999Policy area: Environmental Protection

Sponsor: Sen. Jim Inhofe R-OK

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Where it went

IntroducedNov 17, 1999
Committee actionFeb 9, 2000
Passed SenateApr 27, 2000 · by unanimous consent
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: May 2, 2000 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1946.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1946, John H. Chafee Environmental Education Act of 1999” on February 24, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on February 9, 2000”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 24, 2000 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12096
CBO publication date
February 24, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1946, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1946
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 106-272 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on April 13, 2000.
Source: Congress.gov, reported April 13, 2000 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 1946, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/1946
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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

19 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 12 Democrats, 1 independent

13 of 19 cosponsors (68%) are from the other party.

Max Baucus (D-MT), Robert Bennett (R-UT), John Breaux (D-LA), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Max Cleland (D-GA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Daniel Graham (D-FL), John Kerry (D-MA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Daniel Moynihan (D-NY), John Reed (D-RI), Harry Reid (D-NV), Charles Robb (D-VA), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), John Warner (R-VA), Ron Wyden (D-OR).

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Jim Inhofe.

Sponsor’s state and district

Oklahoma in Congress

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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.