Senate bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law

Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act

S. 1622Introduced Oct 30, 2013Policy area: Native Americans

Where it went

IntroducedOct 30, 2013
Committee actionMay 21, 2014
Passed Senate—
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Oct 1, 2014 — By Senator Tester from Committee on Indian Affairs filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 09/18/2014. Report No. 113-264. Additional views filed.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1622.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1622, Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act” on July 8, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on May 21, 2014”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 8, 2014 ↗
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CBO publication date
July 8, 2014
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1622, 113th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
June 20, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 113-264 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on August 26, 2014.
Source: Congress.gov, reported August 26, 2014 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 1622, 113th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
June 20, 2025
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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

34 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 25 Democrats

9 of 34 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.

Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Max Baucus (D-MT), Mark Begich (D-AK), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Al Franken (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Kay Hagan (D-NC), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), John Hoeven (R-ND), Mike Johanns (R-NE), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Jon Tester (D-MT), John Thune (R-SD), Mark Udall (D-CO) and 4 more.

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