Senate bill · 107th Congress · Public Law 107-71
Aviation and Transportation Security Act
Became law on Nov 19, 2001.
Sponsor: Sen. Ernest Hollings D-SCWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 21, 2001
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed SenateOct 11, 2001 · 100–0
- Passed HouseNov 6, 2001 · without objection
- Resolving differencesNov 7, 2001
- To the PresidentNov 17, 2001
- Became lawNov 19, 2001
Latest action: May 21, 2002 — Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-1110.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1447.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1447, Aviation Security Act” on October 26, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on October 11, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 26, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13316
- CBO publication date
- October 26, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1447, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1447
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
690096b856bed488842df2f558ef8d79e1c6ab4e93093a3301bcba846049dbab
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1447, Aviation Security Act” on October 26, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the Senate on October 11, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 26, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13316
- CBO publication date
- October 26, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1447, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1447
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
690096b856bed488842df2f558ef8d79e1c6ab4e93093a3301bcba846049dbab
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1447, Aviation and Transportation Security Act” on November 30, 2001. CBO’s description reads “<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on November 16, 2001</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13436
- CBO publication date
- November 30, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1447, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1447
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
690096b856bed488842df2f558ef8d79e1c6ab4e93093a3301bcba846049dbab
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1447, Aviation and Transportation Security Act” on November 30, 2001. CBO’s description reads “Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on November 16, 2001”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2001 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/13436
- CBO publication date
- November 30, 2001
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1447, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1447
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
690096b856bed488842df2f558ef8d79e1c6ab4e93093a3301bcba846049dbab
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: H. Rept. 107-296 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/107/HRPT/296
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1447, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1447
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
690096b856bed488842df2f558ef8d79e1c6ab4e93093a3301bcba846049dbab
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Congress.gov noteH.R. 2951 as introduced and S. 1447 as introduced were identical bills. The House subsequently substituted H.R. 3150, another aviation security bill, in S. 1447. Differences were resolved in conference.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1447, 107th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1447
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
690096b856bed488842df2f558ef8d79e1c6ab4e93093a3301bcba846049dbab
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1447, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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
30 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 22 Democrats
8 of 30 cosponsors (27%) are from the other party.
Barbara Boxer (D-CA), John Breaux (D-LA), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Jean Carnahan (D-MO), Max Cleland (D-GA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Mark Dayton (D-MN), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Edwards (D-NC), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Kay Hutchison (R-TX), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), John Kerry (D-MA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), John McCain (R-AZ), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Clarence Nelson (D-FL), Harry Reid (D-NV), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Theodore Stevens (R-AK), John Warner (R-VA), Paul Wellstone (D-MN), Ron Wyden (D-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Ernest Hollings.
- S. 1214 (107th) Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002
- S. 2810 (107th) A bill to amend the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to extend the deadline for the INTELSAT initial public offering.
- S. 2949 (107th) Aviation Security Improvement Act
- S. 1991 (107th) National Defense Rail Act
- S. 2608 (107th) Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act
- S. 2201 (107th) Online Personal Privacy Act
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.