House bill · 108th Congress · Public Law 108-431
To reaffirm the inherent sovereign rights of the Osage Tribe to determine its membership and form of government.
Became law on Dec 3, 2004.
Sponsor: Rep. Frank Lucas R-OKWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 25, 2003
- Committee actionMay 5, 2004
- Passed HouseJun 1, 2004 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateNov 19, 2004 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentNov 23, 2004
- Became lawDec 3, 2004
Latest action: Dec 3, 2004 — Became Public Law No: 108-431.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2912.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2912, A bill to reaffirm the inherent sovereign rights of the Osage Tribe to determine its membership and form of government” on May 17, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 5, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15648
- CBO publication date
- May 17, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2912, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2912
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e2e3e22e1a303fcd431e83e4d72d0f461dac1f757a9a21cbb7ef9079b63879cc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2912, A bill to reaffirm the inherent sovereign rights of the Osage Tribe to determine its membership and form of government” on May 17, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on May 5, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 17, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15648
- CBO publication date
- May 17, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2912, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2912
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e2e3e22e1a303fcd431e83e4d72d0f461dac1f757a9a21cbb7ef9079b63879cc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2912, An act to reaffirm the inherent sovereign rights of the Osage Tribe to determine its membership and form of government” on July 20, 2004. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 14, 2004</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15856
- CBO publication date
- July 20, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2912, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2912
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e2e3e22e1a303fcd431e83e4d72d0f461dac1f757a9a21cbb7ef9079b63879cc
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2912, An act to reaffirm the inherent sovereign rights of the Osage Tribe to determine its membership and form of government” on July 20, 2004. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 14, 2004”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 20, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15856
- CBO publication date
- July 20, 2004
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2912, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2912
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e2e3e22e1a303fcd431e83e4d72d0f461dac1f757a9a21cbb7ef9079b63879cc
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 reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 108-343 ↗; H. Rept. 108-502 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2004 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/343
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/HRPT/502 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2912, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/hr/2912
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e2e3e22e1a303fcd431e83e4d72d0f461dac1f757a9a21cbb7ef9079b63879cc
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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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Brad Carson (D-OK), Tom Cole (R-OK), Dale Kildee (D-MI), John Sullivan (R-OK).
More from the sponsor
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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.