Senate bill · 107th Congress · Did not become law
Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2001
Sponsor: Sen. George Voinovich R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 30, 2001
- Committee actionNov 14, 2001
- Passed SenateDec 17, 2001 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 21, 2002 — By Senator Lieberman from Committee on Governmental Affairs filed written report. Report No. 107-153.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1271.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1271, Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2001” on November 18, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Government Affairs on November 14, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 18, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13410
- CBO publication date
- November 18, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1271, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1271
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9afc720390db4f638a1b9ae42786b6ce9dd7af31035a02ddcf2c3a2be687fe9a
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1271, Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2001” on November 18, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Government Affairs on November 14, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 18, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13410
- CBO publication date
- November 18, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1271, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1271
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9afc720390db4f638a1b9ae42786b6ce9dd7af31035a02ddcf2c3a2be687fe9a
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. 107-153 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on November 27, 2001.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 27, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/SRPT/153
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1271, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1271
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9afc720390db4f638a1b9ae42786b6ce9dd7af31035a02ddcf2c3a2be687fe9a
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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R. 327, which became Public Law 107-198 on 6/28/2002.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1271, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1271
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 28, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9afc720390db4f638a1b9ae42786b6ce9dd7af31035a02ddcf2c3a2be687fe9a
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1271, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 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
15 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 9 Democrats, 2 independents
11 of 15 cosponsors (73%) are from the other party.
Christopher Bond (R-MO), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Jean Carnahan (D-MO), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Max Cleland (D-GA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Mark Dayton (D-MN), James Jeffords (I-VT), John Kerry (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Zell Miller (D-GA), Fred Thompson (R-TN).
More from the sponsor
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- S.Res. 56 (107th) A resolution honoring the memory of James A. Rhodes as a gifted political servant and statesman.
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- S. 252 (107th) Clean Water Infrastructure Financing Act of 2001
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.