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99th Congress · 1985–1987
S. 595
A bill to provide relief for certain desert land entrymen in Idaho.
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Latest action: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote. · October 17, 1986 Understand the measure
What this bill does
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The movement
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The votes
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Where it stands
The measure's progress
Out of committee
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote.
Recorded October 17, 1986, as the clerk wrote it
Sponsor
Sen. McClure, James A. [R-ID]
Committee
Public Lands, Reserved Water and Resource Conservation Subcommittee
Recorded votes
None taken
The official record
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- Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution: how a bill becomes law
- Sponsor, status and actions from the Library of Congress bill record (Congress.gov API), read October 17, 2026 · see sources
Cite this record
- Reference number
bill-99-s595- Permanent link
- https://votefiles.com/cite/bill-99-s595
- Official source
- Congress.gov ↗
- Last checked
- Status and actions last read from the official GovInfo BILLSTATUS record
AP style
Vote Files, "S. 595 (99th Congress): A bill to provide relief for certain desert land entrymen in Idaho," last checked Oct. 17, 2026, citing Congress.gov, https://votefiles.com/cite/bill-99-s595
APA
Vote Files. (2026, October 17). S. 595 (99th Congress): A bill to provide relief for certain desert land entrymen in Idaho [Bill record]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://votefiles.com/cite/bill-99-s595
Chicago
Vote Files. "S. 595 (99th Congress): A bill to provide relief for certain desert land entrymen in Idaho." Last modified October 17, 2026. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/bill-99-s595.
BibTeX
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author = {{Vote Files}},
title = {{S. 595 (99th Congress): A bill to provide relief for certain desert land entrymen in Idaho}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://votefiles.com/cite/bill-99-s595}},
note = {Reference number bill-99-s595; official source: Congress.gov, https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/595; last checked October 17, 2026; accessed October 18, 2026}
}Plain link
https://votefiles.com/cite/bill-99-s595
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On the record
No recorded vote
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