Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 19, 1999
- Committee actionJul 28, 1999
- Passed SenateNov 19, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 2, 2000 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 244.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 244, Lewis and Clark Rural Water System Act of 1999” on August 2, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 28, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 2, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11760
- CBO publication date
- August 2, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 244, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/244
- 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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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. 106-130 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on July 30, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 30, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/130
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 244, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/244
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
bcd92223bc2f51597d27fd62530f3fd675f68327f2816b5ae876f4319008d37e
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 244, 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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Rod Grams (R-MN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Paul Wellstone (D-MN).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Tim Johnson.
- S. 382 (106th) Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1999
- S. 785 (106th) A bill for the relief of Francis Schochenmaier and Mary Hudson.
- S. 243 (106th) Perkins County Rural Water System Act of 1999
- S. 2580 (106th) Indian School Construction Act
- S. 953 (106th) Terry Peak Land Transfer Act of 1999
- S. 2003 (106th) Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees 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.