Senate bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2011
Sponsor: Sen. Jon Tester D-MTWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2011
- Committee actionJul 28, 2011
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 2, 2012 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 488.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 546.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 546, Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2011” on January 18, 2012. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on July 28, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 18, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/42931
- CBO publication date
- January 18, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 546, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/546
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 112-198 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on August 2, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 2, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/SRPT/198
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 546, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/546
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7c9af4385a4607e6a2530c423f7f5e7e6712adfa913c7b0bb3596b83ffeda3df
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Democrats
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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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.