Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

A bill to authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products, and for other purposes.

S. 935Introduced Apr 30, 1999Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Sponsor: Sen. Richard Lugar R-IN

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Where it went

IntroducedApr 30, 1999
Committee actionJul 29, 1999
Passed SenateFeb 29, 2000 · by unanimous consent
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 23, 2000 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 935.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 935, National Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals Act of 1999” on August 4, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on July 29, 1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 4, 1999 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11775
CBO publication date
August 4, 1999
Congress.gov bill record
S. 935, 106th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 106-179 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee on October 8, 1999.
Source: Congress.gov, reported October 8, 1999 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 935, 106th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
April 7, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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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

19 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 9 Democrats, 2 independents

10 of 19 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.

A. Allard (R-CO), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Jesse Bingaman (D-NM), Conrad Burns (R-MT), John Chafee (R-RI), Larry Craig (R-ID), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), James Jeffords (I-VT), Tim Johnson (D-SD), J. Kerrey (D-NE), John Kerry (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Frank Murkowski (R-AK).

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Sponsor’s state and district

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