Senate bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-256
Oceans Act of 2000
Became law on Aug 7, 2000.
Sponsor: Sen. Ernest Hollings D-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 29, 2000
- Committee actionApr 13, 2000
- Passed SenateJun 26, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseJul 25, 2000 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentJul 27, 2000
- Became lawAug 7, 2000
Latest action: Aug 7, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-256.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2327.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2327, Oceans Act of 2000” on May 3, 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, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 3, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12261
- CBO publication date
- May 3, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2327, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/2327
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
69988f05beda3d851c1e225c2491e8db6d39829095054aa72cf256c6d89eda62
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 106-301 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on May 23, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 23, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/301
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2327, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/2327
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
69988f05beda3d851c1e225c2491e8db6d39829095054aa72cf256c6d89eda62
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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 — 4 Republicans, 15 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 20 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), Max Cleland (D-GA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Daniel Moynihan (D-NY), Frank Murkowski (R-AK), Patty Murray (D-WA), John Reed (D-RI), William Roth (R-DE), Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Theodore Stevens (R-AK), Ron Wyden (D-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Ernest Hollings.
- S. 1836 (106th) A bill to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Alabama.
- S. 2331 (106th) A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to submit the dispute over the franchise fee owed by Fort Sumter Tours, Inc. to binding…
- S. 876 (106th) Children's Protection from Violent Programming Act
- S. 959 (106th) Oceans Act of 1999
- S. 2793 (106th) Foreign Government Investment Act of 2000
- S. 2606 (106th) Consumer Privacy Protection Act
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.