Senate bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Indian Buffalo Management Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 21, 2023
- Committee actionSep 25, 2024
- Passed SenateDec 12, 2024 · by voice vote
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 16, 2024 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2908.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2908, Indian Buffalo Management Act” on November 18, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on September 25, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 18, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60997
- CBO publication date
- November 18, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2908, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/2908
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 118-246 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Indian Affairs Committee on November 19, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 19, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/246
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2908, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/2908
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 20, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d6d067770e2ff208fe621a5643c630e631bec450fafe0c16f8039afd8901da33
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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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Jon Tester (D-MT).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.