Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act of 2000

S. 2097Introduced Feb 24, 2000Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor: Sen. Conrad Burns R-MT

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 24, 2000
Committee actionMar 8, 2000
Passed SenateMar 30, 2000 · 97–0
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Apr 3, 2000 — Held at the desk.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2097.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2097, Launching Our Communities' Access to Local Television Act of 2000” on March 15, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on March 8, 2000”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2000 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12132
CBO publication date
March 15, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2097, 106th Congress
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https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/2097
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. 106-243 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on March 15, 2000.
Source: Congress.gov, reported March 15, 2000 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 2097, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/2097
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

20 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 4 Democrats

4 of 20 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.

A. Allard (R-CO), Max Baucus (D-MT), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Michael Enzi (R-WY), William Gramm (R-TX), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chester Lott (R-MS), Richard Lugar (R-IN), Charles Robb (D-VA), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Theodore Stevens (R-AK), Craig Thomas (R-WY).

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Conrad Burns.

Sponsor’s state and district

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