Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 1999
- Committee actionMar 4, 1999
- Passed SenateJun 16, 1999 · 99–0
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 21, 1999 — Senate passed companion measure H.R. 1180 in lieu of this measure by Unanimous Consent.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 331.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 331, Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999” on March 19, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on March 4, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 19, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11441
- CBO publication date
- March 19, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 331, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/331
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1c420414154b51dd2afebfb523f0dd8eff696779e5c7db4c6401d5102ca9fe5f
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 331, Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999” on July 6, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on June 16, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 6, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11691
- CBO publication date
- July 6, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 331, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/331
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1c420414154b51dd2afebfb523f0dd8eff696779e5c7db4c6401d5102ca9fe5f
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. 106-37 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Finance Committee on March 26, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 26, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/37
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 331, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/331
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1c420414154b51dd2afebfb523f0dd8eff696779e5c7db4c6401d5102ca9fe5f
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.
- Congress.gov noteThe Senate subsequently passed H.R. 1180 after incorporating S. 331 as an amendment. H.R. 1180 became Public Law 106-170.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 331, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/331
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
1c420414154b51dd2afebfb523f0dd8eff696779e5c7db4c6401d5102ca9fe5f
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 331, last updated April 7, 2025. 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
79 cosponsors — 33 Republicans, 45 Democrats, 1 independent
45 of 79 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), Daniel Akaka (D-HI), A. Allard (R-CO), John Ashcroft (R-MO), Max Baucus (D-MT), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), Richard Bryan (D-NV), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Ben Campbell (R-CO), John Chafee (R-RI), Max Cleland (D-GA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Larry Craig (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Edwards (D-NC), Michael Enzi (R-WY) and 49 more.
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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.