Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 14, 2000
- Committee actionSep 20, 2000
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 18, 2000 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 952.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2731.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 106-505 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on October 18, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 18, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/505
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2731, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/2731
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4941b88f147f28fe15eab39be0e7ace2bfa6692f484b7294845dcd6c59b6f23c
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.
- Congress.gov noteText from several bills was added to H.R. 2498, the Public Health Improvement Act, by S.Amdt. 4344. This includes text from: H.R. 762, Lupus Research and Care Amendments; S.1243, Prostate Cancer Research and Prevention Act; S. 1268, Twenty-First Century Research Laboratories Act; S. 1813, Clinical Research Enhancement Act; S. 2528, Rural Access to Emergency Devices Act; S. 2625, Organ Procurement Organization Certification Act; and S. 2731, Public Health Threats and Emergencies Act.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 20, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2731, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/2731
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4941b88f147f28fe15eab39be0e7ace2bfa6692f484b7294845dcd6c59b6f23c
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of August 20, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2731, last updated August 20, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 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
8 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 5 Democrats, 2 independents
6 of 8 cosponsors (75%) are from the other party.
Max Cleland (D-GA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Richard Durbin (D-IL), James Jeffords (I-VT), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. William Frist.
- S. 580 (106th) Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999
- S. 3201 (106th) A bill to rename the National Museum of American Art.
- S. 296 (106th) Federal Research Investment Act
- S. 1453 (106th) Sudan Peace Act
- S. 2046 (106th) Federal Research Investment Act
- S. 976 (106th) Youth Drug and Mental Health Services 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.