Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

A bill to authorize the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs, and for other purposes.

S. 311Introduced Jan 26, 1999Policy area: Commemorations

Sponsor: Sen. John McCain R-AZ

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Where it went

IntroducedJan 26, 1999
Committee actionApr 5, 2000
Passed SenateJul 10, 2000 · by unanimous consent
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 11, 2000 — Held at the desk.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 311.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 311, A bill to authorize the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs, and for other purposes” on April 11, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on April 5, 2000”.
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April 11, 2000
Congress.gov bill record
S. 311, 106th Congress
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 106-273 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on April 13, 2000.
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S. 311, 106th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
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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

19 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 13 Democrats

13 of 19 cosponsors (68%) are from the other party.

Richard Bryan (D-NV), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Max Cleland (D-GA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), J. Kerrey (D-NE), Patty Murray (D-WA), Harry Reid (D-NV), Charles Robb (D-VA), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Paul Wellstone (D-MN).

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