Senate bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act
Sponsor: Sen. Tom Udall D-NMWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2017
- Committee actionApr 4, 2017
- Passed SenateNov 29, 2017 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 30, 2017 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 254.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 254, Esther Martinez Native American Languages Preservation Act” on March 7, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on February 8, 2017”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 7, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52484
- CBO publication date
- March 7, 2017
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 254, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/254
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 115-23 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on April 4, 2017.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 4, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/SRPT/23
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 254, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/254
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c812906eace3ded98cff5cc6f20f391aea9dcb0ac8f1915d3d20cffea57e9ebb
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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 — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats
1 of 7 cosponsors (14%) are from the other party.
Al Franken (D-MN), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Jon Tester (D-MT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Tom Udall.
- S. 607 (115th) Native American Business Incubators Program Act
- S. 249 (115th) A bill to provide that the pueblo of Santa Clara may lease for 99 years certain restricted land, and for other purposes.
- S.Res. 707 (115th) A resolution commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.
- S. 1012 (115th) New Mexico Drought Preparedness Act of 2018
- S. 2249 (115th) Rio Puerco Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act
- S. 441 (115th) Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act
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.