Senate bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-487
Vicksburg Campaign Trail Battlefields Preservation Act of 2000
Became law on Nov 9, 2000.
Sponsor: Sen. Chester Lott R-MSWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 1999
- Committee actionSep 22, 1999
- Passed SenateNov 19, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseOct 23, 2000 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentNov 1, 2000
- Became lawNov 9, 2000
Latest action: Nov 9, 2000 — Became Public Law No: 106-487.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 710.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 710, The Vicksburg Campaign Trail Battlefields Preservation Act of 1999” on September 27, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 22, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 27, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11835
- CBO publication date
- September 27, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 710, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/710
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9ab80dbf334d556c659f711b3defb12653d04dcd2c40db1c066ece978e56c2cc
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. 106-184 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on October 14, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 14, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/184
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 710, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/710
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9ab80dbf334d556c659f711b3defb12653d04dcd2c40db1c066ece978e56c2cc
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. 710, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
7 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 7 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
John Breaux (D-LA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Larry Craig (R-ID), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Frank Murkowski (R-AK), Craig Thomas (R-WY).
More from the sponsor
Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Chester Lott.
- S. 1117 (106th) Corinth Battlefield Preservation Act of 2000
- S. 1637 (106th) A bill to extend through the end of the current fiscal year certain expiring Federal Aviation Administration authorizations.
- S.Con.Res. 7 (106th) A concurrent resolution honoring the life and legacy of King Hussein ibn Talal al-Hashem.
- S.Res. 157 (106th) A resolution relative to the disappearance of John F. Kennedy, Jr., Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Lauren Bessette.
- S.Res. 245 (106th) A resolution relative to the Death of Floyd M. Riddick, Parliamentarian Emeritus of the United States Senate.
- S.Res. 74 (106th) A resolution expressing the support of the Senate for the members of the United States Armed Forces who are engaged in military operations…
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.