Senate bill · 109th Congress · Public Law 109-179
A bill to facilitate shareholder consideration of proposals to make Settlement Common Stock under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act available to missed enrollees, eligible elders, and eligible persons born after December 18, 1971, and for other purposes.
Became law on Mar 13, 2006.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 17, 2005
- Committee actionJun 29, 2005
- Passed SenateDec 14, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseFeb 28, 2006 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentMar 2, 2006
- Became lawMar 13, 2006
Latest action: Mar 13, 2006 — Became Public Law No: 109-179.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 449.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 449, A bill to facilitate shareholder consideration of proposals to make Settlement Common Stock under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act available to missed enrollees, eligible elders, and eligible persons born after December 18, 1971” on July 29, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 28, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 29, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17062
- CBO publication date
- July 29, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 449, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/449
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
018ecf777e60db28ad3c9728e78ceb2cc23b56340597ca89507e5b477ecdf034
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 449, A bill to facilitate shareholder consideration of proposals to make Settlement Common Stock under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act available to missed enrollees, eligible elders, and eligible persons born after December 18, 1971” on July 29, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 28, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 29, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17062
- CBO publication date
- July 29, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 449, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/449
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
018ecf777e60db28ad3c9728e78ceb2cc23b56340597ca89507e5b477ecdf034
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. 109-112 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on July 28, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 28, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/112
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 449, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/449
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
018ecf777e60db28ad3c9728e78ceb2cc23b56340597ca89507e5b477ecdf034
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. 449, last updated June 20, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 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
No cosponsors.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.