Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2000
- Committee actionApr 13, 2000
- Passed SenateSep 21, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 2, 2000 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Basic Research.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2046.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2046, A bill to reauthorize the Next Generation Internet Act, and for other purposes” on May 16, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 13, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 16, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12284
- CBO publication date
- May 16, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2046, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/2046
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54ae3d4193444e6b8a22673508c116432ffb7563405754a1017abd56b581663d
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. 106-310 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on June 16, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 16, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/310
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2046, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/2046
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
54ae3d4193444e6b8a22673508c116432ffb7563405754a1017abd56b581663d
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2046, 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
8 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats, 1 independent
6 of 8 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), Evan Bayh (D-IN), John Breaux (D-LA), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), John Kerry (D-MA), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. William Frist.
- S. 580 (106th) Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999
- S. 3201 (106th) A bill to rename the National Museum of American Art.
- S. 296 (106th) Federal Research Investment Act
- S. 1453 (106th) Sudan Peace Act
- S. 976 (106th) Youth Drug and Mental Health Services Act
- S. 1639 (106th) Earthquake Hazards Reduction Authorization Act of 2000
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.