Senate bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-499
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to investigate opportunities to better manage the water resources in the Salmon Creek watershed of the upper Columbia River.
Became law on Nov 9, 2000.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2000
- Committee actionSep 20, 2000
- Passed SenateOct 13, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseOct 23, 2000 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentNov 2, 2000
- Became lawNov 9, 2000
Latest action: Nov 9, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-499.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2951.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2951, A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to investigate opportunities to better manage the water resources in the Salmon Creek watershed of the Upper Columbia River” on September 28, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 20, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 28, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12726
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2951, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/2951
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 106-431 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on September 28, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 28, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/431
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2951, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/2951
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e05c94b1b77eeb0e03f3bfd0bf3144dd59bd491c8f2aec8af91c85118e3fef5d
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 2951, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.