Senate bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 29, 2019
- Committee actionFeb 6, 2019
- Passed SenateJun 27, 2019 · by voice vote
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 28, 2019 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 257.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 257, Tribal HUD-VASH Act of 2019” on March 18, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on February 6, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 18, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55043
- CBO publication date
- March 18, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 257, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/257
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 9, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
98f20947fc3160ec92cfedbbd49ae50b9f21c02ef1be2cca16bb35d284d5db14
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 116-21 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on March 28, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 28, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/21
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 257, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/257
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 9, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
98f20947fc3160ec92cfedbbd49ae50b9f21c02ef1be2cca16bb35d284d5db14
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 257, last updated December 9, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 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
9 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 4 Democrats
5 of 9 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Steve Daines (R-MT), John Hoeven (R-ND), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Tom Udall (D-NM), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Jon Tester.
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- S.Res. 37 (116th) A resolution designating the week beginning February 3, 2019, as "National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week".
- S.Res. 491 (116th) A resolution designating the week beginning February 2, 2020, as "National Tribal Colleges and University Week".
- S.Res. 92 (116th) A resolution designating the first week of April 2019 as "National Asbestos Awareness Week".
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.