Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 27, 2000
- Committee actionJun 7, 2000
- Passed SenateOct 5, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 11, 2000 — Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2478.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2478, Peopling of America Theme Study Act” on June 14, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 7, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 14, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12382
- CBO publication date
- June 14, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2478, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/2478
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e2bb8df7d109bf64e428e1d0f16760e514944df3f717c819552f3841da26b68c
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. 106-318 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on June 27, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 27, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/318
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2478, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/2478
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e2bb8df7d109bf64e428e1d0f16760e514944df3f717c819552f3841da26b68c
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. 2478, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Daniel Akaka.
- S. 1694 (106th) Hawaii Water Resources Reclamation Act of 2000
- S. 700 (106th) Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail Act
- S. 938 (106th) Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Adjustment Act of 2000
- S. 2722 (106th) A bill to authorize the award of the Medal of Honor to Ed W. Freeman, James K. Okubo, and Andrew J. Smith.
- S. 330 (106th) Methane Hydrate Research and Development Act of 1999
- S. 939 (106th) Hawaiian National Park Language Correction 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.