Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act of 1999
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 2, 1999
- Committee actionSep 29, 1999
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 30, 2000 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2013)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 492.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 492, Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act of 1999” on October 7, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on September 29, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 7, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11890
- CBO publication date
- October 7, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 492, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/492
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 106-181 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on October 13, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 13, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/181
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 492, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/492
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Charles Robb (D-VA), Rick Santorum (R-PA), John Warner (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Paul Sarbanes.
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- S. 1472 (106th) Federal Employee Retirement Contributions Act of 1999
- S. 690 (106th) Transit in Parks (TRIP) Act
- S. 2592 (106th) First Accounts Act of 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.