Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 25, 1999
- Committee actionJul 28, 1999
- Passed SenateNov 4, 1999 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 26, 2000 — Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9257)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 720.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 720, Serbia Democratization Act of 1999” on August 4, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on July 28, 1999”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 4, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11765
- CBO publication date
- August 4, 1999
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 720, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/720
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c69fdca78d31978d4538fa1f806f8c98d39f45c310593247195b0ccd6bb2baaa
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. 106-139 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Relations Committee on August 5, 1999.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 5, 1999 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/139
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 720, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/720
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c69fdca78d31978d4538fa1f806f8c98d39f45c310593247195b0ccd6bb2baaa
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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
12 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 1 independent
4 of 12 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Joseph Biden (D-DE), Paul Coverdell (R-GA), Michael DeWine (R-OH), John Edwards (D-NC), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Richard Lugar (R-IN), John McCain (R-AZ), Gordon Smith (R-OR), George Voinovich (R-OH).
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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.