Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to elevate the position of Director of the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. John McCain R-AZWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 1999
- Committee actionAug 4, 1999
- Passed SenateSep 15, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 6, 1999 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 299.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 299, A bill to elevate the position of Director of the Indian Health Service to Assistant Secretary for Indian Health” on August 27, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on August 4, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 27, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11825
- CBO publication date
- August 27, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 299, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/299
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6412d0f5cae7f5d31ad74a8c192e65d5a508ee4c568c4514274993a6d824fce9
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. 106-148 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on September 8, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 8, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/148
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 299, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/299
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 3, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6412d0f5cae7f5d31ad74a8c192e65d5a508ee4c568c4514274993a6d824fce9
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.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 299, last updated June 3, 2026. 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
3 of 3 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Max Baucus (D-MT), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Daniel Inouye (D-HI).
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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.