Senate bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2016
- Committee actionSep 7, 2016
- Passed SenateSep 29, 2016 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 15, 2016 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2959.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2959, a bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund” on September 23, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs September 7, 2016”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 23, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52047
- CBO publication date
- September 23, 2016
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2959, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
836ced095469cf635f7d490500be6396c65b35a4890a67aa2aa0d53455d245f5
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 114-363 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on September 27, 2016.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 27, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/SRPT/363
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2959, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2959
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
836ced095469cf635f7d490500be6396c65b35a4890a67aa2aa0d53455d245f5
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.