Senate bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-500
A bill to assist in the establishment of an interpretive center and museum in the vicinity of the Diamond Valley Lake in southern California to ensure the protection and interpretation of the paleontology discoveries made at the lake and to develop a trail system for the lake for use by pedestrians and nonmotorized vehicles.
Became law on Nov 9, 2000.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2000
- Committee actionSep 20, 2000
- Passed SenateOct 5, 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: 106-500.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2977.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2977, A bill to assist in the establishment of an interpretive center and museum in the vicinity of the Diamond Valley Lake in southern California to ensure the protection and interpretation of the paleontology discoveries made at the . . .” 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/12781
- CBO publication date
- September 28, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2977, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/2977
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
58904168dcf52cb11d58e87ac050f9ecd78786408be058315bae37f01879a89d
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 106-455 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on October 2, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 2, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/455
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2977, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/2977
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
58904168dcf52cb11d58e87ac050f9ecd78786408be058315bae37f01879a89d
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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.
More from the sponsor
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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.