Senate bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 2019
- Committee actionMay 15, 2019
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 9, 2019 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 135.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 279.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 279, Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity Act” on May 28, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on May 15, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 28, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55302
- CBO publication date
- May 28, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 279, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/279
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 116-54 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on July 9, 2019.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/54
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 279, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/279
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f6b8fcab71cb6caadd14d036796968caec302cc187fb5a59e94aeead94e99cc2
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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
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
John Barrasso (R-WY), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Jon Tester (D-MT), Tom Udall (D-NM), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
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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.