Senate bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-163
Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement and Water Supply Enhancement Act of 1999
Became law on Dec 9, 1999.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 22, 1999
- Committee actionMay 27, 1999
- Passed SenateNov 4, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseNov 18, 1999 · without objection
- To the PresidentNov 30, 1999
- Became lawDec 9, 1999
Latest action: Dec 9, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-163.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 438.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 438, Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act of 1999” on September 8, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 22, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 8, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11806
- CBO publication date
- September 8, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 438, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/438
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
836eb9654dc06eb1de54414711a5aa46594c038c3aef968204f3db2ff0d2e211
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 438, Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation Indian Reserved Water Rights Settlement and Water Supply Enhancement Act of 1999” on November 23, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on November 18, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 23, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12031
- CBO publication date
- November 23, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 438, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/438
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
836eb9654dc06eb1de54414711a5aa46594c038c3aef968204f3db2ff0d2e211
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. 106-200 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on July 22, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 22, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/200
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 438, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/438
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
836eb9654dc06eb1de54414711a5aa46594c038c3aef968204f3db2ff0d2e211
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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
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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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.