Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Military Reservists Small Business Relief Act of 1999

S. 918Introduced Apr 29, 1999Policy area: Commerce

Sponsor: Sen. John Kerry D-MA

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 29, 1999
Committee actionJun 9, 1999
Passed SenateJul 27, 1999 · by unanimous consent
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jul 29, 1999 — Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 918.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 918, Military Reservists Small Business Relief Act of 1999” on June 16, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business on June 9, 1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 1999 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11609
CBO publication date
June 16, 1999
Congress.gov bill record
S. 918, 106th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 106-84 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on June 23, 1999.
Source: Congress.gov, reported June 23, 1999 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 918, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/s/918
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 918, 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

51 cosponsors — 20 Republicans, 29 Democrats, 2 independents

21 of 51 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.

Spencer Abraham (R-MI), Daniel Akaka (D-HI), John Ashcroft (R-MO), Max Baucus (D-MT), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Christopher Bond (R-MO), John Breaux (D-LA), Conrad Burns (R-MT), John Chafee (R-RI), Max Cleland (D-GA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), John Edwards (D-NC), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Thomas Gorton (R-WA), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), James Jeffords (I-VT) and 21 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. John Kerry.

Sponsor’s state and district

Massachusetts in Congress

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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.