Senate bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize a provision to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 13, 2012
- Committee actionSep 20, 2012
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 11, 2012 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 562.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 3546.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3546, a bill to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize a provision to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages” on October 17, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on September 20, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 17, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43672
- CBO publication date
- October 17, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3546, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/3546
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of June 20, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Al Franken (D-MN), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Jon Tester (D-MT), Tom Udall (D-NM).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.