Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 14, 2003
- Committee actionOct 29, 2003
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 25, 2003 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 419.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 420.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 420, Lumbee Recognition Act” on November 21, 2003. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Afffairs on October 29, 2003</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15054
- CBO publication date
- November 21, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 420, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/420
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0ce35b4a420a8f9d570d3aafdcb23d684ac354c3f8aa3fa14b7169701b9dd222
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 420, Lumbee Recognition Act” on November 21, 2003. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Afffairs on October 29, 2003”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15054
- CBO publication date
- November 21, 2003
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 420, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/420
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0ce35b4a420a8f9d570d3aafdcb23d684ac354c3f8aa3fa14b7169701b9dd222
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. 108-213 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on November 25, 2003.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 25, 2003 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/108/SRPT/213
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 420, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/420
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
0ce35b4a420a8f9d570d3aafdcb23d684ac354c3f8aa3fa14b7169701b9dd222
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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
15 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 15 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Larry Craig (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID), John Edwards (D-NC), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Chester Lott (R-MS), John McCain (R-AZ), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Olympia Snowe (R-ME).
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.