Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

A bill to authorize the Broadcasting Board of Governors to make available to the Institute for Media Development certain materials of the Voice of America.

S. 2682Introduced Jun 6, 2000Policy area: International Affairs

Sponsor: Sen. Joseph Biden D-DE

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Where it went

IntroducedJun 6, 2000
Committee actionJun 7, 2000
Passed SenateJun 23, 2000 · by unanimous consent
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 3, 2000 — Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Voice Vote.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2682.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2682, a bill to authorize the Broadcasting Board of Governors to make available to the Institute for Media Development certain materials of the Voice of America.” on June 16, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on June 7, 2000”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 2000 ↗
Evidence
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cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12361
CBO publication date
June 16, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2682, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/2682
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2682, An act to authorize the Broadcasting Board of Governors to make available to the Institute for Media Development certain materials of the Voice of America” on October 5, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as approved by the House Committee on International Relations on October 3, 2000”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 5, 2000 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12751
CBO publication date
October 5, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
S. 2682, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/2682
Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 28, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
01a28ede23b8c2a98628f72ad7ec455c8b284b15819e65f984a9ea4b5a5e5b50
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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

1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat

0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Barbara Boxer (D-CA).

More from the sponsor

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Sponsor’s state and district

Delaware in Congress

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