Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 22, 1999
- Committee actionSep 27, 2000
- Passed SenateDec 14, 2000 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 14, 2000 — Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 870.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 870, Inspector General Act Amendments of 2000” on October 3, 2000. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs on September 27, 2000”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 3, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/12867
- CBO publication date
- October 3, 2000
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 870, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/870
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
93dd014ace6e696992617824ae5d550a6e76c43862d2674478bd3f08e9fd50cf
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. 106-510 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on October 3, 2000.Source: Congress.gov, reported October 3, 2000 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/510
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 870, 106th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/870
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
93dd014ace6e696992617824ae5d550a6e76c43862d2674478bd3f08e9fd50cf
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. 870, last updated April 7, 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
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Christopher Bond (R-MO), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), William Roth (R-DE), Theodore Stevens (R-AK).
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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.