Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Soldiers', Sailors', Airmen's, and Marines' Bill of Rights Act of 1999
Sponsor: Sen. John Warner R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 19, 1999
- Committee actionJan 27, 1999
- Passed SenateFeb 24, 1999 · 91–8
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 18, 1999 — Returned to the Senate pursuant to the provisions of H.Res.393.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 4.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 4, Soldiers', Sailors', Airmen's, and Marines' Bill of Rights Act of 1999” on February 12, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Armed Services on February 2, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 12, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11355
- CBO publication date
- February 12, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 4, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/4
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
90cff7db750c8c5a0ae95b310c3d4c28eb275b2b923735680547348124f22eda
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 4, Soldiers', Sailors', Airmen's, and Marines' Bill of Rights Act of 1999” on March 17, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on February 24, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 17, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11428
- CBO publication date
- March 17, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 4, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/4
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
90cff7db750c8c5a0ae95b310c3d4c28eb275b2b923735680547348124f22eda
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. 106-1 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Armed Services Committee on February 2, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported February 2, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/1
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 4, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/4
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
90cff7db750c8c5a0ae95b310c3d4c28eb275b2b923735680547348124f22eda
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. 4, 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
31 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 31 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Spencer Abraham (R-MI), A. Allard (R-CO), John Ashcroft (R-MO), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Max Cleland (D-GA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Larry Craig (R-ID), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Pete Domenici (R-NM), William Frist (R-TN), William Gramm (R-TX), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Chester Lott (R-MS), Connie Mack (R-FL), John McCain (R-AZ), Zell Miller (D-GA), Frank Murkowski (R-AK), Charles Robb (D-VA), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Rick Santorum (R-PA), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Robert Smith (R-NH), Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. John Warner.
- S. 507 (106th) Water Resources Development Act of 1999
- S. 1059 (106th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000
- S. 2885 (106th) Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission Act of 2000
- S. 1060 (106th) Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000
- S. 1061 (106th) Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000
- S. 1062 (106th) Department of Energy National Security Act for Fiscal Year 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.