Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 1999
- Committee actionMay 5, 1999
- Passed SenateJul 26, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 27, 1999 — Referred to the House Committee on Science.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 296.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 296, Federal Research Investment Act” on May 17, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 5, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11538
- CBO publication date
- May 17, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 296, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/296
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c58ae702f0cfbd80f1af5651d843e7fb53056bf02618804d7a434846a74fba2c
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. 106-106 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on July 12, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 12, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/106
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 296, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/296
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c58ae702f0cfbd80f1af5651d843e7fb53056bf02618804d7a434846a74fba2c
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 296, 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
41 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 21 Democrats, 1 independent
22 of 41 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), Daniel Akaka (D-HI), A. Allard (R-CO), John Ashcroft (R-MO), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Max Cleland (D-GA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), William Gramm (R-TX), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), J. Kerrey (D-NE), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Carl Levin (D-MI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Chester Lott (R-MS) and 11 more.
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. 1453 (106th) Sudan Peace Act
- S. 2046 (106th) Federal Research Investment Act
- S. 976 (106th) Youth Drug and Mental Health Services Act
- S. 1639 (106th) Earthquake Hazards Reduction Authorization 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.