Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2007
- Committee actionJun 19, 2008
- Passed SenateSep 23, 2008 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 24, 2008 — Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1255.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1255, Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act of 2007” on July 7, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on June 19, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 7, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20034
- CBO publication date
- July 7, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1255, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1255
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6025fa09d40b8f95a7a6fa5cdaea48cf26cf929034d58c32b6ce3259268c7ea3
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1255, Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act of 2007” on July 7, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on June 19, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 7, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20034
- CBO publication date
- July 7, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1255, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1255
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6025fa09d40b8f95a7a6fa5cdaea48cf26cf929034d58c32b6ce3259268c7ea3
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. 110-460 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on September 15, 2008.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 15, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/460
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1255, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1255
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6025fa09d40b8f95a7a6fa5cdaea48cf26cf929034d58c32b6ce3259268c7ea3
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. 1255, last updated December 5, 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
4 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 4 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Pete Domenici (R-NM), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Craig Thomas (R-WY).
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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.