Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 24, 2017
- Committee actionOct 25, 2017
- Passed SenateMar 22, 2018 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 27, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1223.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1223, Klamath Tribe Judgment Fund Repeal Act” on November 21, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on October 25, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 21, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53338
- CBO publication date
- November 21, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1223, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1223
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5cf4ed21f6196faef03e9781b534f3635b418d45e682999110fa56f7fe623a04
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. 115-190 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on December 5, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 5, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/190
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1223, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1223
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5cf4ed21f6196faef03e9781b534f3635b418d45e682999110fa56f7fe623a04
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1223, last updated June 20, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.