Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
An Act to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in various locations in the United States, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 1999
- Committee actionJun 23, 1999
- Passed SenateAug 4, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 5, 1999 — Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 695.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 695, A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Atlanta, Georgia, metropolitan area, in Southwestern Pennsylvania, and in the Miami, Florida, metroplitan area” on July 1, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on June 23, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 1, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11658
- CBO publication date
- July 1, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 695, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/695
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ef0709e5fd52bfa5b79437ebf319d61abb0398193c08c57e0bba8691c10c8445
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 106-113 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 20, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 20, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/113
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 695, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/695
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ef0709e5fd52bfa5b79437ebf319d61abb0398193c08c57e0bba8691c10c8445
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 695, last updated September 3, 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) 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.