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S. 490: B-47 Ridge Designation Act

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A bill to designate a mountain ridge in the State of Montana as "B-47 Ridge".

The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.

Sponsor and status

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Steve Daines

Sponsor. Junior Senator for Montana. Republican.

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Last Updated: Sep 18, 2020
Introduced
Feb 14, 2019
116th Congress (2019–2021)
Status

Passed Senate (House next) on Feb 12, 2020

This bill passed in the Senate on February 12, 2020 and goes to the House next for consideration.

Prognosis
4% chance of being enacted according to Skopos Labs (details)
See Instead

H.R. 1267 (same title)
Ordered Reported — Jul 29, 2020

Source
Congress.gov

Position statements

What legislators are saying

“the daily leader: monday, september 21, 2020”
    — Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD5] on Sep 21, 2020

“Gianforte Bill to Honor Four Fallen Airmen Unanimously Clears Committee”
    — Rep. Greg Gianforte [R-MT0] on Jul 29, 2020

“the weekly leader: friday, september 18, 2020”
    — Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD5] on Sep 19, 2020

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What stakeholders are saying

R Street Institute SpendingTracker.org estimates new spending due to S. 490 will be negligible.

History

Jun 7, 2018
 
Earlier Version — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, S. 3035 (115th).
Feb 14, 2019
 
Introduced

Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.

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May 14, 2019
 
Considered by Public Lands, Forests, and Mining

A committee held a hearing or business meeting about the bill.

Dec 12, 2019
 
Ordered Reported

A committee has voted to issue a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered further. Only about 1 in 4 bills are reported out of committee.

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Feb 12, 2020
 
Passed Senate (House next)

The bill was passed in a vote in the Senate. It goes to the House next. The vote was by Unanimous Consent so no record of individual votes was made.

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Sep 18, 2020
 
Text Published

Updated bill text was published as of Preprint (Suspension).

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Passed House

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Signed by the President

S. 490 is a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 490. This is the one from the 116th Congress.

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